lec 6 Flashcards
phylum porifera species richness marine and freshwater
freshwater 200 species
marine 9000
phylum Porifera vs rest of metazoa
-show least cellular differentiation and integration of all metazoa
-lack cross striated ciliary rootlets
-almost all sponge adults are sessile
what symmetry do sponges have
no clear axes of symmetry
Ponifera water canal system components
ostia
oscula or osculum
spongeocoel
ostia
one or a few large incurrent pores
oscula, osculum
few or one large excurrent pores
spongocoel
spacious water filled central cavity
nota true coelom
chonanocytes
flagellated cells that water flows through
non cellular filler material
mesohyl
internal skeleton of ponifera
made of calcareous or silicious spicules or collagenous spongin( or both)
cells relatively autonomous and show
totipotency or pluripotency
totipency and pluripotency
capacity to transport into all (totipotency) or most cell types (pluripotency)
what are the two major growth forms of sponges
upright and encrusting
3 body plans in sponges
ascon
sycon
leucon
ascon type
single flagellated pumping cavity(spongocoel)
sycon type
many flagellated canals connected to spongocoel
leucon type
many flagellated chambers connected by non flagellated canals
all 3 body plans occur in class
calcarea
flat cells that form outer body covering
pinacocytes
pinacocytes form the
pinacoderm
some sponge species, pinacoderm acts like
true’
epithelial tissue
archaeocytes
what are they also known as
amoeboid cells that
can transform into any cell type (totipotent)
amoebocytes