Phylum Porifera Flashcards

Needlelike structures that give support and protection to the sponge body.

Cells that line the body cavity and have flagella that circulate water.

<p>A form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism grows off of the body of a parent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Class of sponges whose spicules are made of hardened calcium carbonate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Class of sponges known as glass sponges, with spicules made of silica.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The largest class of sponges with around 7,000 species that have silica spicules and/or spongin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stalk-like spongocoel covered with a single layer of choanocytes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spongocoel has folded canals lined with choanocytes, increasing surface area.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No central cavity, narrow canals, many small interconnected chambers and lots of internal surface area.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small in-current holes on the body of a sponge that allow water to flow into the sponge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The outside layer of cells on a sponge that protect the sponge and form ostia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The jelly-like layer below pinacocytes where mesenchyme cells are found.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Different amoeboid cells moving in the mesohyl layer for reproduction, secreting structures, food transport and storage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fibrous protein made of collagen that some sponges produce, giving them a spongy body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An asexual reproductive structure consisting of a cluster of cells encased in a hard, spicule-reinforced shell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A means of asexual reproduction where a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into new individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It has both male and female reproductive organs in the same organism; it is hermaphroditic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reproductive process involving only one parent that produces genetically identical offspring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reproductive process involving two parents that fuse genetic material to produce a new organism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The phylum that includes sponges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Class of sponges with spicules made of silica, known as encrusting sponges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organisms that take in water to filter out food and release excess water.</p> Signup and view all the answers