Phylum Porifera Study Guide

What are some general features common to mostly all organisms in the phylum Porifera?

How do acquire and digest food?

What are 3 different types of skeletal structures found in sponges?

What is the basis for sponge classification?

What does a choanocyte look like? What is the purpose of the collar? Of the flagellum?

What are 5 different functions performed by archeocytes?

What are pinacocytes?

What are 3 different ways in which a sponge can reproduce?