Sponges And Acoelomates Flashcards
Cladorhizids
A canivorous family of demospongia
Choanoblasts
Multiple collar bodies/flagella associated with a single nucleus
Syncytial
An epithelium or tissue characterized by cytoplasmic continuity, or a large mass of cytoplasm not separated into individual cells and containing many nuclei.
Trabecular reticulum
Forms an extremely thin giant multinucleated cell that forms the outer skin (called the dermal membrane), and acts like a nervous system, conveying impulses to all parts of the body
Sclerocytes
secrete spicules
Cephalisation
Sense organs concentrated in head
Pelagic
Inhabit the upper layers of the sea
Neodermis
External cuticle like body covering in platyhelminthes
Proteolytic enzymes
Extracellular digestive enzyme secreted in platyhelminthes intestine
Proboscis
Can be thrusted outwards to quickly grasp prey in nemertea
Rhynchocoel
Houses probiscis. A coelem
Gravid proglottid
Mature proglottid. Houses about 80 to 100, 000 eggs.
Spongocytes
Secrete spongin
Collencytes
Secrete collagen
Flame cells
Part of the excretory system