SPECIAL GLOSSARY!!!!!!!!!!!
Osculum Where water exits from the spongocoel
Zygote Beginning process of development, where the sperm and the egg join together
Gemmules Internal buds found in sponges that are the result of asexual reproduction and resist changes in the environment such as cold and drying.
Amoeboid Cells Circulate in the jellylike mesohyl (sometimes called mesenchyme)
Siliceous Composed of spongin
Mesohyl A gelatinous substance between the choanocytes and the pinacocytes of the sponge
Pinacocytes are thin, flat cells that line the outside of the sponge. They are partially contractile cells that play a major role in the shape of the sponge.
Porocytes are specialized pinacocytes that mainly regulate water flow and serve as the primary passage for movement of water through the body wall.
Mesohyl is a jelly like layer located between the pinacocytes that line the outside and the choanocytes that line the inside.
Zygote Beginning process of development, where the sperm and the egg join together
Gemmules Internal buds found in sponges that are the result of asexual reproduction and resist changes in the environment such as cold and drying.
Amoeboid Cells Circulate in the jellylike mesohyl (sometimes called mesenchyme)
Siliceous Composed of spongin
Mesohyl A gelatinous substance between the choanocytes and the pinacocytes of the sponge
Pinacocytes are thin, flat cells that line the outside of the sponge. They are partially contractile cells that play a major role in the shape of the sponge.
Porocytes are specialized pinacocytes that mainly regulate water flow and serve as the primary passage for movement of water through the body wall.
Mesohyl is a jelly like layer located between the pinacocytes that line the outside and the choanocytes that line the inside.