(hexactinellid sponge) |
PHYLUM PORIFERA
(= sponges) (tree & traits from
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(calcareous sponge) |
(demosponge) |
====== Calcarea (includes ascon, sycon & leucon grades) ==2==| | ====== Calcispongia (coralline sponges; leucon type) <<===1==| | ==4=== Hexactinellida (glass sponges; no regular canal system) ==3==| ==5=== Demospongia (most living sponge species; leucon type)
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TRAITS SUPPORTING EACH CLADE (** plesiomorphic- a primitive state, not unique to clade):
b) water canal system with pumping choanocytes** (monociliated cells with diplosome) c) extensive mesenchyme (gelatinous proteinaceous matrix containing skeletal material & amoeboid cells) d) pinacoderm (epithelium-like outer layer) lacking basal lamina & intercellular junctions e) dynamic tissue remodelling (reversible differentiation of most cell types) b) porocytes (pore cells) |
b) most cells, including collar cells, are part of an extensive syncytium (multinucleate fabric of cells) b) distinctive 4-pointed spicule (tetraxon) c) porocytes (pore cells) |