Kingdom ? Phylum ? Scypha – Cross Section Syconoid Body Plan

Kingdom ? Animalia
Phylum ? Porifera
Scypha – Cross Section
Syconoid Body Plan
Ostium
Apopyle
Radial Canal
Spongocoel
Choanocytes Lining Radial Canal
Kingdom? Animalia
Phylum? Porifera
Scypha – Longitudinal Section
Syconoid Body Plan
Spongocoel
What type of body plan does this sponge have?
Syconoid
What type of body plan
does this sponge have?
Asconoid
I.D. Opening
Osculum
I.D. Space
Radial canal
Apopyle
I.D. Opening
I.D. Cells
Choanocytes (collar cells)
Phylum Porifera: Sponges
Sponges are
sessile
Body Plans of Sponges
Osculum
Water Exits Here
Asconoid
Ostium
Water Enters Here
Syconoid
Sponges are Filter Feeders
Leuconoid
Sponge Cell Types and Spicules
Collar
Pinacocytes
Flagellum
Pinacocytes on the Sponge
Surface
Choanocytes
The Collar is Used to Filter Water
Sponge Anatomy – Asconoid Sponge
Ostium
(Ostia)
Spongocoel
(A cavity lined with choanocytes)
The Sponge Skeleton
Calcareous Spicules
Siliceous Spicules
Spongin: Protein Fibers