PORIFERA
PHYLUM
PORIFERA
Mul0cellular;
cellular
level
of
organiza/on
Body
with
pores
(os0a),
canals,
and
chambers
that
form
a
unique
system
of
water
currents
on
which
sponges
depend
for
food
and
oxygen
Os0a
water
in;
osculum
larger
pores,
water
out
Mostly
marine;
all
aqua0c
Radial
symmetry
or
none
Skeletal
structure
of
brillar
collagen
(a
protein)
and
calcareous
or
siliceous
crystalline
spicules,
oNen
combined
with
variously
modied
collagen
(spongin)
No
organs
or
true
0ssues;
diges0on
intracellular;
excre0on
and
respira0on
by
diusion
All
adults
sessile
and
aRached
to
substratum
Asexual
reproduc0on
by
budding,
regenera0on
and
gemmules;
sexual
reproduc0on
(hermaphrodi0sm);
free-swimming
agellated
larvae
in
most
ASCONOID
SYNCONOID
LEUCONOID
ASCONOID
SYNCONOID
- SIMPLEST
CANAL
SYSTEM;
- CANAL
LEADS
DIRECTLY
TO
THE
SPONGOCOEL
- CHOANOCYTES
LIE
IN
SPONGOCOEL
LEUCONOID
- MOST
EFFICIENT
CANAL
SYSTEM;
LARGEST
SURFACE
AREA
- CHOANOCYTES
LIE
IN
WALLS
OF
SMALL
CHAMBERS
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Hexac0nellida
Class Calcarea
Class
Demospongiae
CLASS HEXACTINELLIDA
CLASS
HEXACTINELLIDA
TISSUE:
SYNCITIAL
(mul$nucleated
cell)
SKELETON:
SPICULES
SHAPE
OF
SPICULE:
HEXAXON
CHEMICAL
COMPOSISTION
OF
SPICULE:
SILICEOUS
CANAL
SYSTEM:
SYNCONOID,
LEUCONOID
ANG
COOOOOOOL
:o
HEXAXON
SPICULE
Euplectella
CLASS CALCAREA
CLASS
CALCAREA
TISSUE:
CELLULAR
OSCULUM
SKELETON:
SPICULES
SHAPE
OF
SPICULE:
MONAXON,
TRIAXON,
TETRAXON
CHEMICAL
COMPOSISTION
OF
SPICULE:
CALCAREOUS
CANAL
SYSTEM:
SYNCONOID,
ASCONOID
Leucosolenia
ASCONOID,
TRIAXON
CALCAREOUS
SPICULES
Gran1a
SYNCONOID,
CALCAREOUS
SPICULES
CLASS DEMOSPONGIAE
CLASS
DEMOSPONGIAE
TISSUE:
CELLULAR
OSCULUM
Leioderma1um
FLAT
GASTROVASCULAR
CAVITY
Halichondria