desiredbard
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Hi There
Recently got this great fishindentificatiuon book that makes reading as well, for brittish waters.
However found out that Sponges, and the sea-pens are not plants but animals
Now I know that about corrals, loads of little critters in one corral all independent....
But this does not seem to be the case for sponges and the seapens.
Why are they classified as Animal, (sponges were clasified as plant begore 1960 I think)
Same goes for Anemones, although not all anemone's are static....I mean a Venus Flytrap (meat Eating Plant) is still a plant as well is it not?
Oh and am not looking for a laymans term only explanation here, bit more indepth please, there must be a bored marine biologist around here somewhere
Recently got this great fishindentificatiuon book that makes reading as well, for brittish waters.
However found out that Sponges, and the sea-pens are not plants but animals
Now I know that about corrals, loads of little critters in one corral all independent....
But this does not seem to be the case for sponges and the seapens.
Why are they classified as Animal, (sponges were clasified as plant begore 1960 I think)
Same goes for Anemones, although not all anemone's are static....I mean a Venus Flytrap (meat Eating Plant) is still a plant as well is it not?
Oh and am not looking for a laymans term only explanation here, bit more indepth please, there must be a bored marine biologist around here somewhere