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Phylum Porifera

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1 Leucosolenia :

Marine colonial sponge found Abundant Northern Atlantic

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inhabiting shallow waters not in calm waters . in

coast and in Europe

very common .

The of Leucosolenia
a
colony
is whitish yellow
consisting of vase like simple or
branching bodies about 25mm
long joined
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together by horizontal tubes at the base

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Body surface is porfirated by many pores (Ostia) , through this water enters the body of the sponge
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at which water
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. Each vertical to be terminates into osculum ,
moves out of the body .

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5 Calcareous spicules are monoaxons or triaxons
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Asexual reproduction by
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budding or
branching.
7 Sexual reproduction development larva
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by ova and spermatozoa , indirect include

parenchymula .

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8 Asconoid canal system .

phylum :
Porifera
Class Calcared
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Order Homocoela
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Genus Leucosolenia
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Hyalonema :

called
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Commonly glass rope sponge as it appears like a ball of glass wool with
projecting tofts of glassy spicules .

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Its a marine
sponge inhabiting
10-15 meters deep sea water
. It is found
along the New England Coast.

Body round and

3 . is or oval
radially symmetrical
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colomella It helps
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The spicules of root tuff are
compacted ,
elongated ,
and twisted
forming an asis or .
in
anchoring .

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s Several polyps of Zoanthidea Canemone) grow in
symbiotic association with
Hyatonema at its colomella

6 . Osculum contains a sieve plate

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Spongocel can be noticed
only when the upper surface of the
sponge body is depressed since the excument canals open

extended of colomella
into it
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but when the surface is into a
gastral come
by upward projection spongocoel exists
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no .

8 Skeleton consists of small amphiciss Whole body is covered by small

branching six-rayed
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Spicules which resemble to Christmas trees .

Phylmi Porifera
Class Hexactinellida
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Order :
Amphicliscophora
Genus :
Hyalonema .