paraphyletic | | cells arranged in simple sheets |
choanoderm | | how classes of sponges are divided, based on... |
oxidation | | type of reproduction in sponges |
fragmentation | | class of sponges with spicules made of calcium carbonate |
asconoid | | contain an ancestral group and all of its descendants |
atrium | | inner layer of a sponge |
leuconoid | | inorganic skeleton |
hexactinellida | | internal transport occurs by |
microvilli | | epithelial layer of sponges containing pinacocytes |
demospongiae | | how water moves through a sponge |
spongin | | process that occurs when the organic part of a sponge is bleached |
diffusion | | derived from 2 or more distinct ancestral lineages; not ok |
encrusting | | glass sponges |
monophyletic | | exclude one or more descendants of an ancestor |
passive | | collagen matrix giving sponge its shape |
choanoflagelletes | | another type of sponge shape |
polyphyletic | | class of sponges with megascleres and microscleres; most common |
pinacoderm | | first living organism |
synapomorphy | | a shared, derived character |
symmetry | | what the flagellum is surrounded by |
spicules | | one type of spomge shape |
barrel | | most complex body form; chambered |
calcarea | | central water chamber |