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spicule
one of the minute calcareous or siliceous skeletal bodies found in sponges, radiolarians, soft corals, and sea cucumbers
spongin
Fibrous, callagenous material making up the skleletal network of sponges
ostia
tiny openings for incoming water
osculum
excurrent opening in a sponge
choanocytes
One of the flagellate collar cells that line cavities and canals of sponges
spongocoel
central cavity in sponges
radial canals
canals along the ambulacra radiating from the ring canal of echinoderms
incurrent canal
canal that water enters sponge through
prosopyle
connections between the incurrent and radial canals in some sponges
mesohyl
gelatinous matrixes in which sponges are arranged in
pinacocyte
thin, flat epithelial-type cells that cover the exterior surface and some interior surfaces
pinacoderm
a bunch ephithelial cells combined
myocytes
Contractile cell in sponges
sclerocytres
secretes spicules in sponges
spongocytes
secrete spongin fibers of the skeleton
collencytes
secrete fibrillar collagen
Lophocytes
secrete large quantities of collagen but are distinguishable moprhologically from collencytes
intracellular
occurs on outside of cell
Asexual Reproduction
occurs by means of bud formation and by regeneration following fragmentation
External buds
may detached from parent and form new sponges or remain on sponge to form colonies
Internal buds
formed in fresh water or marine sponges. type od asexual reproduction
micropyle
special opening on the sponge
sexual reproduction
sex that results from sperm to egg
monoecious
have both male female sex cells in one individual
parenchymula
flagellated, solid-bodied larva of some sponges
amphiblastula
free-swimming larval stage of certain marine sponges
Inversion
when blastula turns inside out
micromeres
flagellated cells
macromeres
nonflagellated cells
regeneration
ability to repair injuries and to restore lost parts
somatic embryogenesis
type of regeneration
trabecular net
network of living tissue formed by pseudopia of amebocytes
Class Calcarea
Have spicules of calcium carbonate that often form a fringe around the osculum (main water outlet).
Class Hexactinellida
Have six-rayed siliceous spicules extending ar right angles from a central point" spicules often united to form a network
Class Demospongiac
Have siliceous spicules that are not six rayed , or spongic, or both