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Sponge Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archaeocyte (AKA amebocyte) | Cells that move through the sponge |
| Asconoid sponge | The simplest body plan of the sponges |
| Budding | Form of Asexual reproduction were an external growth that will separate once "mature" |
| Choanocyte (AKA collar cells) | The "collar" cells--these line the interior body walls, they have a flagellum that beat to move water through the canals |
| Filter Feeding | A type of feeding were animals move water through there bodys and colet |
| Flagellum | Rather gently curving helical filament of protein |
| Fragmentation | A process that describes the emergences of discontinuities |
| Invertebrate | An animal lacking a backbone |
| Leuconoid Sponge | Most complex sponge stretcher with many |
| Osculum (pl. oscula) | |
| Ostium (pl. ostia) | |
| Pinacocyte | |
| Spicule | Skeletal elements that support a sponge |
| Spongin | Flexible protein fibers |
| Spongocoel | Spacious cavity in sponge. Osculum- large opening that lets water out. Collar cells- create moving force in a sponges body. |
| Suspension feeding | |
| Syconoid sponge |