Lab Exam 2 Flashcards
what level of organization are sponges on?
cellular level
do sponges have germ layers?
no
are sponges diploblastic or triploblastic?
neither
are adult sponges sessile or motile?
sessile
what type of symmetry to sponges have?
asymmetry
are sponges solitary or colonial?
either
where do sponges mostly live?
marine environments
how many cell types do sponges have?
four
how do sponges feed?
filter feeding
what are sponges’ skeletons made of?
spicules and/or spongin
four sponge cell types
pinacocytes, porocytes, chanocytes, and amoebocytes
what are pinacocytes?
thin, flat cells covering the outer surface of the sponge. they have the ability to contract and thus change the shape of the sponge
what are porocytes?
tire-shaped cells that channel water into the interior of the sponge
what are choanocytes?
flagellated cells that filter food from the water
what are amoebocytes?
mobile cells (within the mesohyl) that digest the food and deliver it to the other cells of the sponge. they also produce the spicules, spongin, and mesohyl of the skeleton. finally, they can undergo developmental changes and transform themselves into any other cell types the sponge needs
what cell drives the water through a sponge?
porocytes
what is the function of the pinacocytes?
contract and change the shape of the sponge
what is the function of the amoebocytes?
-digest food
-deliver food to other sponge cells
-produce spicules, spongin, and mesohyl of the skeleton
-undergo developmental changes and transform themselves into any other cell types the sponge needs
what cell type produces the spicules?
amoebocytes
chief characteristics of sponges
canal systems, unique skeletons, and internal organization
three primary sponge body types
asconoid canal system, syconoid canaly system, and leuconoid canal system
asconoid canal system
-the ascon sponge is a spongocoel lined with choanocytes, with a single osculum
-water enters the ostium, into the spongocoel, and out the osculum
spongocoel
hollow tube in a sponge
osculum
large opening in a sponge
syconoid canal system
-the sycon sponge has a tubular design similar to the ascon sponge, but the body is folded into radial canals lined with choanocytes
-complicated water flow system
how does water flow in syconoid canal systems?
howater enters via the dermal ostium, the incurrent canals, and through the prosopyle, , into the radial canal, and out the apopyle directly into the spongocoel and out the osculum
how does water flow in syconoid canal systems?
water enters via the dermal ostium, the incurrent canals, and through the prosopyle, , into the radial canal, and out the apopyle directly into the spongocoel and out the osculum
leuconoid canal system
-most complex
-body is folded multiple times to produce a series of chambers, lined with choanocytes, connected by internal canals
how does water flow in the leuconoid canal system?
water enters via the ostium, the incurrent canal, and through the prosopyle, into the flagellated chamber, and out the apopyle directly into the incurrent canal and out the numerous oscula
what is the purpose of the ostium?
to take water into the sponge
what is the function of the radial canal?
take water into the spongocoel in syconoids
what is the function of the osculum?
to release water
what class is Leucosolenia a part of?
class Calcarea
what phylum is class Calcarea a part of?
Porifera
mesohyl
a gelatinous matrix that fills a sponge that contains amoebocytes and spicules
what is an ostium
an incurrent pore made by the porocytes
osculum
large opening in the sponge
what is the function of the porocyte?
to form the ostium
what is the function of the mesohyl?
support the sponge
what are the spicules made of in Class Calcarea?
calcium carbonate
how do sponges reproduce?
both sexually and asexually
classes in Phylum Porifera
Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Demospongia
classes of cnidarian
Hydrozoa, Schyphozoa, Anthozoa, Cubozos
common name of class Hydrozoa
hydras
common name of class Schyphozoa
true jellyfish
common name of class Anthozoa
sea anemones and coral
common name of class Cubozoa
box jellyfish
dominant form of hydras
polyp
what is the body wall of the
Hydra made of?
epidermis and gastrodermis, seperated by a middle noncellular layer called the mesoglea
what is the function of the mesoglea in Hydra
to act as an elastic skeleton that increases the flexibility of the animal
what is the gastrodermis made of
nutritive-muscular cells and gland cells for digestion
what is the function of the cnidocytes in Hydra?
stinging
what body type is the Hydra?
polyp
how many openings in the gastrovascular cavity of Hydra?
one