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What cell type is sponges is responsible for producting the water current through the sponge?
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∙ 7y ago
Sponges play an important roll in aquatic ecosystems, acting to filter particles out of the water (especially bacteria), and forming a fairly substantial portion of the
coral reef biomass. Sponges are clearly the simplest of the conspicuous animal phyla, and thus are important subjects for considering the evolution of the animals. Recent studies using the tools of molecular genetics indicate that the animal kingdom evolved only once, and that the Phylum Porifera is at the base of the animal tree of life. In this sense, sponges represent a key group for understanding relationships among the other animal phyla.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe choanocyte. This cell (in conjunction with other choanocytes) utilizes a flagella to facilitate a current drawing water into the opening and out the excurrent siphon(s).
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What cell type in sponges is responsible for producing the water current through the sponge?
choanocytes are resonsible for current flow and trapping food particles in sponges source: my invertebrate zoology textbook :)
What adaptations does a sponge have for obtaining food?
Sponges are filter feeders and use choanocytes to create a current for food particles to pass through its body.
Are sponges motile?
An adult sponge is anchored to the sea floor and doesn't move around but it does have cillia that cause water current to flow through the body of the sponge. Larval sponges will swim using their cillia.
Is it true that young sponges move through the water but adult sponges don't?
yes, it is
What is the function of choanocytes in reproduction of sponges?
Those cells include a single flagellum that surrounded by a contractile collar of microvilli. The choanocytes are responsible for moving water through the sponge and for obtaining food.
How do sponges ingest food?
sponges feed through their pores or holes, their pores create a current pulling food into the central cavity of the sponge. the food sticks to the collar cells that lines the central cavity, there the amoebocytes pick up the food and digest it, carrying the nutrients to the other cells.summary:porescollar cellsamoebocytesother cells.
What is a sponges breathing method?
Diffusion through skin.
How does canal system of sponges do their function?
sponges let the water enter through the canal and circulates all over the body.
What group of animals does not go through the gastrula stage?
It's commonly believed that sponges are a group of animals that don't go through the gastrula stage. However, some scientists disagree and believe that sponges do go through gastrulation.
Where are sperm and eggs released in sponges?
In water through canal system .
How many osculum is in sponges?
osculum - a large opening in a sponge through which water flows out of the sponge. Sponges may have more than one oscula.
What is the cavity called in sponges?
Baby sponges are simply referred to as larva. At the larva stage, they swim around in the water, but full grown sponges attach themselves to reefs and don't swim or move around.
