Lab Practical 1 Flashcards
Class Calcarea have _______ _______ skeletons.
calcium carbonate
Phylum Porifera is the phylum of _______.
sponges
Phylum Porifera includes what three classes?
Class Calcarea, Demospongiage, Hexatinellida
Bleach dissolves ______ ______ and only _____ will remain.
organic material, spicules
Class Demospongiae have skeletons made of ______ _____.
protein fiber
Class Hexactinellida has skeletons of ___________ ________.
silicon dioxide
Leucosolenia is in what class?
Calcarea
What class is Sycon (=Scypha =Grantia) in?
Calcarea
Spongilla is in what calss?
Demospongiae
What class are bath sponges (Spongia or Hippospongia) in?
Demospongiae
Chalina, also known as the finger sponge, is in what class?
Demospongiae
Class Hexactinellida has what species in it? (Scientific and common name)
Euplectella aspergillim Owen, 1814
Venus flower basket
The central cavity lined with choanocytes that filter and take in food is the _____.
Spongocoel
The outer most layer of cells surrounding the body of organisms belonging to the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis in other organisms
Pinacoderm
By cooperatively moving their flagella, ___________ generate a flow of water through the sponges pores, into the spongocoel, and out through the osculum. These are the inner most layer of a sponges tube wall.
Choancytes (collar cells)
_________ are structural elements found in most sponges. They provide structural support and deter predators.
Spicules
_______ ______ are a modified type of collagen protein, forms the fibrous skeleton of most organisms among the phylum Porifera, the sponges. It is secreted by sponge cells known as spongioblasts. It gives a sponge its flexibility. True _______ is found only in members of the class Demospongiae.
Spongin fibers
_______ is a large opening in a sponge through which water flows out of the sponge. Sponges may have more than one.
Osculum
Gemmules are small _____ in sponges which are used to reproduce asexually and allow populations to survive adverse conditions.
buds
The body of a sponge has two outer layers separated by an thin, acellular (having no cells) gel layer called the ________. In the gel layer are either spicules or spongin fibers.
mesohyl