Porifera

**Porifera Virtual Textbook Resources**
|| A brief overview of sponges and their basic characteristics. Laura Klappenbach || MN ||
 * **Type** || **Resource Name** || **Author** || **Description** || **Editor** ||
 * website || [|Rutgers U: bio Dept] || Dr. Diana Martin: Director of Bio Dep || Extensive information with linked animations & images ||  ||
 * website || [|Earthlife] ||  || Many definitions and information about phylum porifera ||   ||
 * website || [|U: Michigan Museum of Zoology] || Phil Myers, Museum of Zoology, UM || In depth overview of Porifera with nice pictures ||  ||
 * website || [|Kelowna HS: Porifera Notes] || Mr. Lesiuk's Biology Class || Extensive information with images ||  ||
 * website || [|Porifera] || Dennis Lavre || Notes on Porifera ||  ||
 * website || [|Phylum Porifera] ||  || Notes with fill in the blanks ||   ||
 * Website || [|Phylum Porifera] || McGraw Hill; On Line Learning Center || 6 different links to pages filled with information. || bo ||
 * website || [|UCMP Berkeley] || Allen G. Collins, Ben Waggoner || Starts off with short intro. but click on the buttons underneath to find out more about sponges such as Fossil Record, Life History and Ecology, Systematics, and Morphology || N.N ||
 * PDF || [|Newton Falls Highschool] || Donley || A pdf that has an overview of Porifera - detailed notes || HT ||
 * website || Wikipedia ||  || Gives a general overview and then breaks it down into specifics. You can click on the highlighted text to find out further information or the definition of a word. || KG ||
 * PPT || [|Cape Fear Community College: Porifera] || Jason Rogers || Originally a powerpoint, but can be viewed as HTML. Gives great bulleted notes, and simply breaks down the phylum Porifera with great images and facts. || S.G. ||
 * website || [|Instructional Technology Resources] ||  || A great introduction to sponges. The site goes through the basic information about the life, reproduction, and more of sponges. It also has links for further information on each class under Porifera. || R.S. ||
 * website || [|PBS] ||  || This is a good introduction to sponges and provides other links to click for further details. || NP ||
 * website || [|MEER] ||  || Detailed notes on the phylum Porifera. || BM ||
 * websie || [|Seamuse] ||  || Information about Porifera || AR ||
 * website || [|Porifera.net] ||  || This is a website that deals with everything about Porifera from new species to research and publications on sponges || HD ||
 * journal article || [|Springer Netherlands] || Springer Netherlands || Talks about the overview of sponges but interestingly goes into detail about freshwater sponges, a surprising place most don't think to find sponges. || NH ||
 * website || [|tolweb] || Dennis Lavrov || In depth notes and info on porifera || TC ||
 * website || [|Earth Life] || Gordon Ramel || Describes characteristics, anatomy, and ecology of Sponges || LK ||
 * website || University of Ottawa || W.D. Dolphin || overview of the phylum porifera || LO ||
 * Website || [|Phylum Porifera: The Sponges] || None || This website talks about sponge's body plan, movement, digestion, importance of water, and other interesting facts. || SW ||
 * PDF || [|Porifera] || None || A PDF file from the biology department of FSU with information on Porifera. || JQ ||
 * Website || [|Introduction to Porifera] || none || Includes fossil records, ecology and morphology of Porifera || GB ||
 * Website || [|Animal Diversity Web: Phylum Porifera] || Phil Myers || Description of sponges and their taxonomy. || RT ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || Richard Fox || Lander University provides information about sponge anatomy and exaples of different kinds of sponges. || PT ||
 * Webiste || [|Porifera] || Paul Hebert || A introduction to sponges and their life cycle. || JOB ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || Roger M Wells Jr || A graduate student gives an overview of the phylum Porifera and also lists and briefly explains each of the main classes within the phylum. || MB ||
 * website || [|Phylum: Porifera (sponges)] || Wayne K. Florence || An introduction to proiferas in general, their life and ecosystem, and their relationship with humans. || JJ ||
 * website || [|Systema Porifera] || John Hooper || Textbook resource about porifera || JL ||
 * Website || [|Biology Questions and Answers] || None || This page is a long list of straight forward questions about the Phylum and gives brief but precise answers for each. || MMD ||
 * Website || [|Porifera: Systematics] || UCMP Berkeley || Gives a brief history on the Phylum Porifera and the groups within that phylum with links to other information. || NK ||
 * Website || Characteristics of Phylum Porifera || none || Gives all general information on the characteristics of the phylum porifera || RK ||
 * PDF || Phylum Porifera || None || A PDF covering general information about phylum porifera. || FN ||
 * Website || [|Introduction to Porifera] || Berkeley || An introduction to porifera from Berkeley. It has many links to click on to go into further detail. || LM ||
 * Website || [|Systematic Biology] || Martin Dohrmann, Dorte Janussen, Joachim Reitner, Allen G. Collins and Gert Worheide || Reconstructing the phylogeny of sponges (Porifera) is a remaining challenge. In this book the authors analyses two of the three extant classes of the phylum, Demospongiae and Calcarea, and the evolution of glass sponges. || KC ||
 * Website || [|Earth Life] || Gordon Ramel || This website provides a detailed look at Porifera. || CR ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || Phil Myers || Provides good, wel documented information about porifera. || BM ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || N/A || A pdf with detailed information on Porifera. NL ||  ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || MESA || A website with an introduction to the structure of sponges as well as very good diagrams explaining some characteristics. || DW ||
 * Website || [|Sponges - Porifera] || Laura Klappenbach
 * website || [|The Phylum Porifer]a || ===== Mr Gordon Ramel =====

|| ====the characteristics of Porifera ==== || BS ||

 || This website talks about sponges and its subgroups. CT ||
 * Website || Sponges Porifera || [|Laura Klappenbach]

**Porifera Resources**
M. Davis || A very interesting paper on the commercial values of the Luffa sponge. It goes into detail of where and how these sponges are used for everyday life. || R.s. ||
 * **Type** || **Resource Name** || **Author** || **Description** || **Editor** ||
 * video || [|How Stuff Works] ||  || Very Informative Video ||   ||
 * Animation || [|Department of Biological Science] || Heather Kroening || Great Animation of Porifera Body Parts ||  ||
 * website || [|Sponges] ||  || Information and Images ||   ||
 * video || [|Filtering Barrel and Chimney Sponge] || Cayman || How sponges filter water ||  ||
 * website || [|Phylum Porifera-Sponges] || PBS || Lots of info on Porifera- with videos and images ||  ||
 * website || [|Phylum Porifera] ||  || Lots of images with information on sponges- slide show ||   ||
 * video || [|The Abyss] || BBc Wildlife || Types of sponges ||  ||
 * Video || [|Sponge Reproduction] || McGraw Hill || Youtube video on how a spong reproduces. Brooke ||  ||
 * PPT || [|University of Evansville] || Dale D. Edwards || This is a power point made by Dale D. Edwards, contains detailed information || HT ||
 * PPT || [|South Dakota State University] ||  || This is a helpful and simple powerpoint done by a professor at South Dakota State that gives and overview of Sponges and other simple invertebrates || N.N ||
 * web article || National Geographic || Ben Harder || Article on the research of sponges by an evolutionary biologist named Sogin. || KG ||
 * Game || [|Purpose Games: Sponge Anatomy] || Tickman || This is a fun, timed game about the anatomy of a sponge. See how well you really know a sponge's anatomy! || S.G. ||
 * Research Paper || [|North Carolina State University] || Jeanine
 * PPT || [|Scribd] || Jodi Schmidt || A very informative powerpoint about the types, reproduction, function, body plan and basic facts about sponges. || NP ||
 * Video || [|Filtering Sponges] ||  || Video that demonstrates how sponges filter water. || BM ||
 * Video || [|Porifera] ||  || Video on sponges || AR ||
 * Video || [|Medical research on sponges] ||  || video describing the use of sponges in medical research || HD ||
 * video || [|freshwater sponges] ||  || video showing freshwater sponges || NH ||
 * video || [|sponge reproduction] ||  || video depicting sponge reproduction || TC ||
 * video || [|The Creature Teacher Sea Life Ocean Sponges] || The Creature Teacher || In a news interview a woman discusses three types of salt water sponges. || LK ||
 * Video || [|Fitering Barrel and Chimney Sponges] || Orientalsweetlips || How sponges filter water. || LO ||
 * Video || [|Spawning of Barrel Sponges] || Frank Lame || The spawning of Barrel Sponges. || SW ||
 * Video || [|VideoPedia] || Biolo || Information on the simplest animals, sponges. || JQ ||
 * College Lab || [|Animal Phylogeny] ||  || Lab write up and slides of sliced porifera || GB ||
 * Video || [|Sponge Reproduction] || none || very short video that shows how a sponge can reproduce. || RT ||
 * Video || [|Sponge Symbiosis] || ProfessorZurawski || Video that shows that even sponges have symbiotic relationships. || PT ||
 * Video || [|Sponge Reproduction] || falconrye || Video explaining reproduction in sponges. || JOB ||
 * Video || [|Sponge Biology] ||  || A video that desribes sponges and shows footage fo them in their natural habitat. || MB ||
 * video || [|In the ocean] ||  || A fun video that teaches basics of sponges in a song form. || JJ ||
 * video || [|Porifera] ||  || Video showing lots of sponges || JL ||
 * Pictures || Porifera image gallery || Tree of Life Project || Gallery of pictures of many species in the phylum porifera || RK ||
 * Slide Show || Phylum Porifera || None || A very detailed slide show about phylum porifera. || FN ||
 * Website || [|Porifera: Sponges] || Florida Smart || As the site's name implies, this is specific to Florida marine life. || MMD ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || P Myers || Someone from the university of Michigan's notes. || LM ||
 * video || [|The Wonderful World of Sea Sponges] || BBC Wildlife || Kate Humble ventures down the Cayman wall, and she experiences the wonderful world of the sea sponge. || NK ||
 * Website || [|Porifera] || Dennis Lavrov || This site has good examples of porifera along with basic information. || CR ||
 * Website || [|Porifera.net Lab] || **PD Dr Michael Nickel ** || This site explores the anatomy and physiology of porifera. || KC ||
 * video || [|Kingdom Animalia: Phylum Porifera] || Iken EDU || good video description of porifera || BM ||
 * Video || [|Sea Sponges Under the Sea] || knightofe1 || A video showing some Porifera. NL ||  ||
 * Video || [|Porifera Rock] || Mtperrin1 || A video of different porifera on the ocean floor. || DW ||
 * video || [|Sea sponges under the Sea] || [|knightofe1] || An informational video about Porifera || BS ||


 * Video || [|Sponge Feeding.mov] || [|ProfessorZurawski] || This video talks about the way sponges feed. || CT ||