Biology II Lab- Phylum Porifera Flashcards

Study about the Phylum Porifera, for Animal Diversity Lab with these Flashcards. Learn about different terms, phylum with our flashcards made for students studying Phylum Porifera for Animal Diversity Lab. Attempt these flashcard quizzes and learn, revise, and practice.

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Spell the sponge phylum
Phylum Porifera
Spell the 6-sided, glass sponges class
Class Hexactinellida
Spell the class of sponges which compose 90% of all sponges, are mostly marine and mostly leuconoid
Class Demospongiae
Spell the class of sponges which have three- and four-rayed Calcium Carbonate spicules
Class Calcerea
Spell the simplest body type for sponges
Asconoid
Spell the intermediate body type for sponges
Synconoid
Spell the most complex body type for sponges
Leuconoid
Sponges are sessile, meaning that they...
Are permanently attached at the base and immobile
What level of organization do sponges have
Cellular
Sponges are ____-feeders
Filter
____have a collar of microvilli that filter and trap food particles from the flowing water that get ____ by the cell body
Choanocytes; phagocytized
The ____ or atrium is lined with flagellated and beating "collar cells" called choanocytes
Spongocoel
In asconoid sponge water flows in what order through the sponge
(many) ostium -> spongocoel -> (one) osculum
In synconoid sponge water flows in what order through the sponge
Ostium -> incurrent canal -> prosopyle -> radial canal -> apopyle (multiple cells) -> spongocoel -> osculum
In leuconoid sponge water flows in what order through the sponge
Ostium -> incurrent canal -> prosopyle -> flagellated chamber -> apopyle -> spongocoel -> osculum