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Phylum: Porifera
Phylum Porifera
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/30/2015
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Example of Porifera
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Sponges
Term
Ancestor
 Definition
choanoflagellate
Term
Sessile
 Definition
attached to something in environment, anchored in place
Term
suspension feeders
 Definition
filter food from water
Term
epithelial cells
 Definition
form outside surface
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porocytes
 Definition
create pores
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choanocytes
 Definition
flagellum: phagocytize/digest food
produce gametes
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ameobocytes
 Definition
phagocytize/digest food
transport nutrients
produce skeletal fibers/spicules
-produce gametes
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hermaphrodites
 Definition
make male and female gametes
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eggs
 Definition
remain within sponge wall
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