Sponge Animal

STATION E: You're swimming right over the top of a cluster of marine Sponges.  How interesting to see a sponge that is ALIVE, and not beside a kitchen sink!  This very simple marine animal has only one opening in its body.  Water currents move into and out of the body, bringing in microscopic pieces of food and carrying away waste products.

Carrie Stengel

 

Look back toward the shallow water; something else is moving in the current; swim to Station F.