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1. Flagellated
protists
Chlamydamonas Euglena
2. Groups of
flagellated cells Volvox
surrounded by a 3. Large colonial groups
capsule
Pandorina Eudorina
Choanoflagellates
Choanoflagellates
Monosiga
Hypothesized Origins of Sponges
Porifera - the sponges
• Description
Sponges are
• sessile (= don’t move)
• have no true tissue
• suspension feeders
Porifera - the sponges
Come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure 3. Support
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Osculum Atrium
(= spongocoel)
Ostia
Body wall
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Cell types 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Cell types 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Fibrinonectin
Collagen
Galectin
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Support 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
mesohyl
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Support 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Spongin [Protein]
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Support 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Water flows in
through the ostia
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Feeding 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Water flows in
through the ostia
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Feeding 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
Food particles
transferred to
ameobocyte
Food particles
transported down
the collar
Food particles
absorbed by cell
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Feeding 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
ostium
osculum
organics
digestion
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•
inorganics
Water flow
egested
>50 µm
digestion
1. General structure
2. Cell types
Sponge structure - Feeding 3.
4.
Support
Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
digestion
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Water flow
Velocity
of water
Types of Sponges
Asconoid
Syconoid
Leuconoid
Increase in efficiency
Asconoid
Stagnant
area
Syconoid
Leuconoid
1. General structure
Sponge Reproduction
2. Cell types
3. Support
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
1. Asexual
a. Fragmentation
1. General structure
Sponge Reproduction
2. Cell types
3. Support
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
1. Asexual
a. Fragmentation
b. Budding
c. Gemmules
spicules
amoebocytes
1. General structure
Sponge Reproduction
2. Cell types
3. Support
2. Sexual
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
All sponges are hermaphrodites
Development of sperm
choanocyte
chamber
or
choanocyte
1. General structure
Sponge Reproduction
2. Cell types
3. Support
2. Sexual
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
All sponges are hermaphrodites
Development of eggs
archaeocyte
engulfs adjacent cells (yolk)
yolk
1. General structure
Sponge Reproduction
2. Cell types
3. Support
2. Sexual
4. Water flow and feeding
5. Reproduction
All sponges are hermaphrodites
Larva
Classification of Sponges
Calcarea
Porifera
Demospongia
Hexactinellida
Numbers of species
Demospongia
Calcarea
Hexactinellida