Ch. 6: Sponges; Phylum Porifera Flashcards
Are sponges triploblastic or diploblastic?
Diploblastic
Simplest sponge type?
Asconoid
Medium-complexity sponge
Syconoid
Most complex sponge
Leuconoid
What is the innermost layer of the sponge?
Choanocytes
Choanocytes
- has flagellum
Aid in digestion and reproduction
Archaeocytes
Aids in digestion and reproduction
Sclerocytes
Secrete spicules
Pinacocytes
T-shaped epithelial cells
Porocytes
Water flow regulation
Mesoglea
A matrix for cells
How do they perform asexual reproduction?
By fragmentation and budding
or
By Gemmula (seeds; archaeocytes)
How do they perform sexual reproduction?
They are hermaphrodites;
- sperm derives from choanocytes
- oocytes from archeaocytes
Class Calcarea
3-ray calcarean spicules
Class Hexactinellidae
Glassy sponges with 6-ray siliceous spicules
Class Demospongiae
Skeleton of siliceous spicules