PORIFERA

Kelompok 2 :
Dara Permatasari
Dewi Anita Rahmawati
Lia Mulyani

Karakteristik Porifera
Freshwater and
marine
Simplest of all
animals
Asymmetrical
No systems for
repro, digestion,
respiration,
sensory, excretion

Sessile (Adults)
Multicellular
Flagellated cells =
choanocytes
circulate water
through water
canals
No tissues
Cells totipotent

Excretion
Ammonia and gas exchange
Diffusion

Asconoid sponge
Asconoid: one-cell thick
choanoderm is simple
and continuous
~10 cm height
Thin walls enclose central
cavity; atrium opens
outside via osculum
Pinacoderm has
specialized cells;
porocytes
External opening of
porocyte canal is ostium
or incurrent pore

Syconoid Sponge
Syconoid:
choanoderm
folded
Mesophyl two
layers thick:
Outer region
is cortex
(contains
skeletal
material)

Leuconoid sponge
Leuconoid:
choanoder
m
subdivided
into
separate
flagellated
chambers