What is the name of the central cavity?
spongocoel
What is the name of the large opening at the top of the sponge?
osculum
What sponge body type is this and what are the flagellated cells in this type?
Asconoid (flagellated spongocoel)
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What sponge body type is this and what are the flagellated cells in this type?
Syconoid (flagellated canals)
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What sponge body type is this and what are the flagellated cells in this type?
Leuconoid (flagellated chambers)
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What are the names of the skeletal structures in sponges? What are they made of?
spicules (made of silica)
spongin (made of protein)
What type of skeletal structure is this?
spongin (made of protein)
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What type of skeletal structure is this?
spicules (made of silica)
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