Sponges Flashcards
Are sponges unicellular or multicellular?
Multicellular
What are sponges?
Colonies of feeding cells
Most habitats that sponges are found in are…
Marine
T/F: Some sponges can be found in some freshwater habitats
True!
What is feeding mode?
Active filtering using cilia to create water flow (through filter pumps)
What is growth form?
Upright or encrusted on solid substrates
Sponges’ phylum is called what?
Porifera
Are sponges true animals?
Sort of. They are known as Parazoa while all other animals are referred to as Eumetazoa
T/F: Sponges have organs, sensory systems and tissues
False! They have none of these
Sponges have ___________ cells
Specialized
T/F: Individual cells cannot survive independently
False! They totally can
Sponges are considered as an _____________ link between colonial protozoans and the eumetazoans in regards to _________ structure and Ribosomal RNA ___________.
- Evolutionary
- Physical
- Analysis
FITB: Fossils of sponges date back to the early __________ period
Cambrian
T/F: Sponges have an intermediate stage in specialization, complexity, and functional anatomy
True!
Sponges are built to create a ________ _____ through the body in order to filter food from the water
Water flow
What is food?
Organic particles & living plankton within an appropriate size range
FITB: Mass of cells embedded in gelatinous __________ supported by rigid _______ and protein fibers (_______ and spongin)
- Mesohyl
- Spicules
- Collagen
Pinacocytes are what type of cells?
Skin
Choanocytes are filtering ________ cells
Collar
Archaeocytes are ______ and have many __________
- Ameboid
- Functions
Water enters through multiple ________
Ostia
Ostia passes through porocytes and other canals to central spongocoel, and exits through ________
Osculum
Water flow through sponges is driven by flagella of the __________ cells
Choanocytes
What type of shape do sponges have?
Spherical
Increasing complexity probably indicates…. ?
Increasing filtering efficiency
The simplest type of sponge is called a __________
Asconoid
The second simplest type of sponge is called a ________
Synconoid
The most complex type of sponge is called a ____________
Leuconoid