Porifera Flashcards
True or False: Porifera are chiefly marine
True
True or False: Porifera are not sessile
False
Do Porifera have organ systems?
No
Does Porifera have a true body cavity?
No
Do Phylum Porifera have a definitive symmetry?
Yes
Reproduction of Porifera
Both sexual and asexual
What serves as the endoskeleton?
Mesohyl layer between two cell layers
Canal Systems:
Single cylinder
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
A
Canal Systems:
Water flow created by choanoderm
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
A
Canal Systems:
Larger in size, reaching cms
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
B
Canal Systems:
Presence of interconnected canals
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
B
Canal Systems:
Sizes reach 1m in diameter
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
C
Canal Systems:
Complex interconnection of cavities
A. Asconoid
B. Syconoid
C. Leuconoid
C
Sponge Basic Body Plan
Lines sponge interior
A. Choanocytes
B. Porocytes
C. Pinacocytes
D. Sclerocytes
E. Archaeocytes/Ambocytes
A
Sponge Basic Body Plan
Lines sponge interior
A. Choanocytes
B. Porocytes
C. Pinacocytes
D. Sclerocytes
E. Archaeocytes/Ambocytes
A