pinacocyte � choanocyte � osculum
osculum > spongocoel � ostia
ostia > spongocoel � osculum
osculum � ostia > spongocoel
C. ostia > spongocoel � osculum
Cartilage
Mesenchyma
Spicules and spongin fibres
Myonemes
absorption of food material
excretion
reproduction
formation of spicules
digestion
sexual reproduction
asexual reproduction
current circulation
free living, solitary, marine
free living, fresh water, solitary
free living, colonial, marine
Solitary, colonial, fresh water
pinacocyte � choanocyte � osculum
osculum > spongocoel � ostia
ostia > spongocoel � osculum
osculum � ostia > spongocoel
vaselike globular body
a central cavity
radial symmetry
choanocyts
Robert Grant
Trembly
Robert Brown
Ellias
admit water current
pass out water current
ingest food
excrete waste products
choanocytes
porocytes
pinacocytes
amoebocytes
sporozoa
mastigophora
porifera
coelenterata
calcarea
demospongia
anthozoa
hexactinellida
asconoid
syconoid
leuconoid
rhagon
planula larva
amphiblastula larva
trochophore larva
glochidium larva
Planula
Parenchymula
Maggot
Kedia
nutrition
respiration
excretion
sexual reproduction
water vascular system
canal system
feeding current
circulating current
coelomata
acoelomata
metacoelomata
pseudocoelomates
Radial canal
Inhalant canal
Spongocoel
None of these
ostea
gastral cavity
gut
gullet
cells
cell organisation
cell division
division of labour
trophocytes
thesocytes
desmocytes
archeocytes
choanocytes
porocytes
amoebocytes
pinacocytes
Hyalonema
Tethya
Euplectalla
Pheronetna
Leucosolenia
Sycon
Euspnongia
Grautia
gemmules
spicules
spongin fibres
choanocytes
One mouth and innumerable exits
Mouth serves for both, ingestion and egestion
Innumerable mouths and one exit
The body encloses a single cavity the coeienteron
gemmules
spicules
spongin fibre
trychocysts
Scypha
Euspcmgia
Spongilla
None of these
choanocytes
scleroblasts
pinacocytes
amoebocytes
gemmulation
gemmation
regeneration
amphimixis