Are sponges considered animals or plants?

Sponges are Sessile,Pore bearing, diploblastic(earlier stages) ANIMALS. People believe them to be plants because they do not move and also because they mainly look more like plants than animals. read more

Sponges are Sessile,Pore bearing, diploblastic(earlier stages) ANIMALS. People believe them to be plants because they do not move and also because they mainly look more like plants than animals. They lack many common characteristics of animals such as a distinctive head or a mouth. They do not have eyes, ears, as well as other sense organs. read more

Some of the answer depends on which system for classifying living things you use. I was taught a version with 5 Kingdoms: Animals Plants Protozoa Fungi Bacteria In that system, Fungi are, and I'm guessing this doesn't surprise anybody, Fungi. read more