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Spongocoel

A spongocoel (/ˈspɒŋɡoʊˌsiːl/), also called paragaster (or paragastric cavity), is the large, central cavity of sponges. Water enters the spongocoel through

Spongocoel

Choanocyte

Type of cells in sponges

phagocytosed by the cell. Choanocytes are found dotting the surface of the spongocoel in asconoid sponges and the radial canals in syconoid sponges, but they

Choanocyte

Osculum

Excretory structure in the living sponge

outside through which the current of water exits after passing through the spongocoel. Wastes diffuse into the water and the water is pumped through the osculum

Osculum

Sponge

Animals of the phylum Porifera

size of the animal. The body structure is characterized by a stalk-like spongocoel surrounded by a single layer of choanocytes. If it is simply scaled up

Sponge

Venus' flower basket

Species of sponge

on through the radial canals and into prosopyles that open into the spongocoel, the central "atrium", and to the outside through the osculum.[citation

Venus' flower basket

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Xestospongia testudinaria

Species of sponge

spicules. Water is taken into the inner chamber of the sponge (known as the spongocoel) through ostia (small pores created by porocytes). Flagellated choanocytes

Xestospongia testudinaria

Xestospongia_testudinaria

List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G

All Latin and Greek roots beginning with G

enterocoely, pseudocoelomate, sarcocele, schizocoelomate, schizocoely, spongocoel col- strain Latin colare, cōlum colander, coulee, coulis, coulisse, couloir

List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G

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Porocyte

Tubular cells

as it serves as the connection between the outside of the body and the spongocoel but called a prosopyle in syconoid sponges. They are modified pinacocytes

Porocyte

List of Greek and Latin roots in English/C

All Latin and Greek roots beginning with C

enterocoely, pseudocoelomate, sarcocele, schizocoelomate, schizocoely, spongocoel col- strain Latin colare, cōlum colander, coulee, coulis, coulisse, couloir

List of Greek and Latin roots in English/C

List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/C

Amphimedon compressa

Species of sponge

particles in the choanocyte tissue, then moves the water through the spongocoel or central cavity before pumping the water out through the osculi. Amphimedon

Amphimedon compressa

Amphimedon_compressa

Clathrinida

Order of sponges

an asconoid structure and lack a true dermal membrane or cortex. The spongocoel is lined with choanocytes. One of the most famous species of Clathrinida

Clathrinida

Cliona celata

Species of sponge

where water exits the sponge. The leuconoid body plan doesn't feature a spongocoel. This sponge is known for boring holes into calcium-rich substrates, hence

Cliona celata

Cliona_celata

Tectitethya crypta

Species of sponge

nutrients. The course of action of filter feeding goes as follows: ostium, spongocoel, and osculum. In the middle of this route, nutrients may be absorbed and

Tectitethya crypta

Tectitethya_crypta

Siphonia

Extinct genus of sponges

refers to their suggestive shape, while the genus name refers to how the spongocoel (the main tube of the sponge body) runs almost the entire length of the

Siphonia

Precambrian body plans

Structure and development of early multicellular organisms

pores, called ostia, that water travels through to a chamber called the spongocoel, and exits through a chamber called the osculum. Through this water filtration

Precambrian body plans