Asconoid Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

asconoid sponges - ANSWER-have a simple vase-like structure with a single osculum, limited in size because an increase in volume without a corresponding increase in surface area of choanocytes ( make up majority of sponges) syconoid sponge - ANSWER-Tubular body and a single osculum, the choanocyte layer is folded back and forth to make canals leuconoid sponges - ANSWER-more complex design, no real atrium, several small flagellated chambers instead in which choanocytes are, most adaptive an...

Phylum Porifera - name classes (taxonomy) - ANSWER-Demospongia, Calcarea, Hexactinellida, (Homoscleromorpha) Key characteristics (overall): Life cycle/reproduction - ANSWER--monoecious - asexual (by budding / gemmules) - sexual (eggs / sperm) free-swimming flagellated larvae Key characteristics (overall): Anatomy - ANSWER--asconoid (basic) : -Syconoid -lueconoid (complex) Key characteristics (overall): Basic Body plan - ANSWER-- Tissue: no true tissue (incipient) - symmetry: none - gu...

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This chapter summarizes the Porifera & Ctenophora. It includes but isn't limited to their respective main characteristics, a description of their synapomorphy, & general anatomy.

Provides an overview of Invertebrates and then focuses on Porifera Phylum. List of characteristics and distinguishes between the 3 Types (Asconoid, Syconoid and Leuconoid). Discusses Physiology, Feeding (Venturi Effect, Bernouli Effect), Fully labelled reproduction diagram and the structures of the Cnidaria body wall.