Members of this phylum filter food particles from water using choanocytes, flagellated cells with cause water to flow in through openings in the body wall called ostia and flow out through the oscula, openings at the top.
Members of this phylum filter food particles from water using choanocytes, flagellated cells with cause water to flow in through openings in the body wall called ostia and flow out through the oscula, openings at the top. Their bodies are hollow, are supported by an internal skeleton of spicules of chalk, silica, or fibrous protein, and consist basically of aggregations of cells between which there is little nervous coordination. FTP, what is this phylum comprising the sponges?
Members of this phylum filter food particles from water using choanocytes, flagellated cells with cause water to flow in through openings in the body wall called ostia and flow out through the oscula, openings at the top.
Porifera