Yellow+Tube+Sponge

Yellow Tube Sponge -// Aplysina fistularia //



**Phyla**: Porifera **Class:**Demospongiae **Size:** 2 to 4 feet **Living Requirements:** They need plankton, dead organic matterr, and bacteria. They eat these things by filter feeding from the water. They can create chemicals to keep predators away.
 * Location: ** Caribbean, Florida, and Gulf of Mexico
 * Habitat: ** Often found in areas with medium or strong currents. This supplies the sponge enough food to filter from the water. Mostly lives on the coral reef zone.
 * Life Cycle: ** Yellow Tubed Sponges have both male and female reproduction systems and reproduce sexually. They can also break off and form a new sponge. They spawn in the water during the summer for several days. The ones that forms a new sponge can break off and find a new area to live.


 * Male and Female Differences: ** There are no male or female differences of Yellow Tube Sponge. They have both male and female reproduction systems.




 * Interesting Facts: **
 * When they are exposed to the air they can change to the color purple then eventually black.
 * They can create a chemical that can be useful to humans in the near future.
 * They are capable of pumping five times thier own volume of water through their feeding canal every minute.


 * Human Impact:** Humans don't have much impact on them since not many can get near them because of the chemicals they make.



Zookeeper: Marissa Jenkins References: [] [] []