Porifera Flashcards
Porifera
Calcarea, Demospongiae(Euspongia and spongilla), Hexactinellida(Euplectella= glass sponge)
No true tissue
No mouth or tissue
Sessile
Calcarea
Calcareous spicules with 3 rays - No Spongin
Species = Grantia- Marine Syconoid, Asconoid, Leuconoid
Ostia, osculum, spicules, spongocoel, flagellated chambers, pinacoderm, choanocytes
Asconoid
Body plan
(Bigger cavity with only choanocytes)
Calcarea
Single Flagellate pumping cell
Syconoid
Body Plan
(Looks like there are tunnels)
Calcarea
Many flagellated canals
Leuconoid
Body plan
(Smaller cavity with circles inside)
Calcarea and all other classes
Many flagellated chambers connected by passive canals
Ostia
Small incurrent pores
Osculum
One large excurrent pore
Spicules
Skeletal - support and defense
calcium carbonate or hydrated silicon dioxide
Spongocoel
Fluid filled cavity via ostia
Flagellated chambers
Pumps water
Pinacoderm
Outer Layer
Pinacocyte- flat cells that form the outer body
Choanocytes
Single flagella and ring of microvilli
Demospongiae
Silica spicules many shapes Never 6 rays Leuconoid Euspongia Spongin fibers, gemmules
Spongin Fibers
Skeletal Flexibility
Demospongiae)(typical bath sponge
Gemmules
Freshwater sponge
dormant embryonic cells