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Vocabulary
Porifera = "pore-bearing”; eat, excrete, & reproduce through pores
ostia = pores for water to enter
osculum = pores for water to exit
Vocabularycollar cells = cells to move
water and catch food
spicules = calcium carbonate or silica skeleton
amoebocytes = cells that digest, store, and transfer food
Characteristics* Asymmetrical
body plan
* Brown/gray to red
* Tubes with channels and chambers
* Specialized cells
Reproduction
* Sexual - produce egg and sperm (cross and self fertilization) Larvae with flagella attaches and grows
* Asexual -budding and regeneration