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spongin and spicules are the sponges body support and defence

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Q: Why would spongin and spicules discourage predators from eating sponges?
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Infer how spongin and spicules discourage predators from eating sponges?

They get scared ofrece predators


How do spongin and spicules discourage predators from eating sponges?

Spongin and spicules are the sponges body support and defence. They both cover a sponge, and if a predator eats it it will be hurt. It will be hard to eat it, because of the sharpness and roughness of the outside. Well at least in the spicules case.


How spongin and spicules discourage predator from eating sponges?

Spongin and spicules are the sponges body support and defence. They both cover a sponge, and if a predator eats it it will be hurt. It will be hard to eat it, because of the sharpness and roughness of the outside. Well at least in the spicules case.


What type of sponge material supports a sponges body structure?

A network of spongin or spicules.


What is the function of the spongin ans spicules?

spongin is the soft material that makes up a sponge´s skeleton and spicule provides support for the sponge.


What is the main difference between the classes Hexactinellida Calcarea and Demospongiae?

In calcarea spicules are calcareous, in hexactinellida spicules are silicious and hexa radiated, in demospongiae spicules are absent but spongin fibres are present. that's why demosponges are used as bathroom sponges


What protein makes up a sponge?

The flexible protein fibers that make up a sponge are called spongin. The hard, tiny spikes found in sponges are called spicules, and they are made of silica or calcium carbonate.


Do spongin are made of silica spicules?

According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, spongin is a "scleroprotein that is the chief constituent of flexible fibers in sponge skeletons"


What sponges have a skeleton?

Sponges don't have skeletons! They are invertebrates which means the creature doesn't have a backbone, but in this case, it doesn't have a skeleton! (I think this is right, I apologize if it isn't)


What is Demospongia?

The Demospongiae are the largest class in the phylum Porifera. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. They contain 90% of all species of sponges.


How does sponges defend itself?

With spicules and spongin


The skeleton of sponges is made of a flexible protein called?

spongin!