Question

Sponges are sessile how do they get their nutrients.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Because sponges are sessile, meaning they cannot move, they filter water to obtain their food. ... Filter feeders must filter the water to separate out the organisms and nutrients they want to eat from those they do not. The sponges often have tube-like bodies with many tiny pores. There are roughly 5,000 sponge species.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Sponges are sessile that means they can not move. They can't produce their own food and hence they need to acquire food with other means. Staying at one place, they pump water with their body and it helps then in eating. Therefore the sponges are commonly called as filter feeders.