PORIFERADanielle Crise

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TYPE OF SYMMETRY

Asymmetrical

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NERVOUS SYSTEM

Absent No brain or nerve system Rely on water intake and output

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Filter-feed Use tiny pore’s on body Covered with cells Cilia

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EXCRETORY SYSTEM

Diffusion/Osmosis Archeocytes remove mineral particles

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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

No real circulatory system Have flagellated cells over surface Water current Water base circulatory system

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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Most don’t have one Does not contain organs Water comes in through pores

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SKELETAL SYSTEM

Body’s full of pores and channels Some deposit exoskeletons

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REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Asexual and sexual Asexual-produce egg and sperm-different

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HEXACTINELLIDA

Glass sponge Siliceous spicules Most tissues are syncitia Found in artic Cannot contract

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DEMOSPONGIAE

Spongin fibers/ siliceous spicules Characterized by possession of Silica Many different environments

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CALCAREA

Posses spicules Don’t have hollow axial canals Lives in tropics

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PORIFERA

Pore- bearing

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WHERE DO SPONGES LIVE?

99% live in marine water Sponge-fibers: live in fresh water

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SPICULE

Crystalline bodies Definite varied shapes Act as skeleton Made of calcium and carbonate

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COLLAR CELL

Ascogonia's, conoid, and leuconoid Contain a central flagellum Connected by a thin membrane

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AMEBOCYTE

Bring food to other cells

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DIAGRAM OF A SPONGE