Cscc bio 1114 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Phylum of Parazoa and etc - Porifera = pore bearing = sponges with no tissues Sessile adults, mostly marine Asymmetrical or Radial symmetry Sponge morphology voacb - spongocel, choanocytes, mesohyl, amoebocytes Spongocel, osculum, ostium - central cavity of the sponge, large opening, pores choanocytes - collared cells; flagellated, line the spongocel and beat in unison and move water towards the top osculum; water goes in through the pores with food that may or may not be good to eat ...