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- A choanosome is an inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, the structure that contains the choanocytes. Choanoderm Boury-Esnault, Nicole;...
- outer peripheral trabecular networks, and the choanosome, which is used for feeding purposes. The choanosome acts as the mouth for the sponge while the inner...
- intermediate size ****ules occur randomly in the choanosome. The cortex is separated from the choanosome by a cavernous boundary that is not entirely free...
- skeleton. The ectosome (the outer region of a sponge) is separated from the choanosome (the inner region) by aquiferous canals that are divided up into more...
- millimetres (6.1 in), at least four times the size of the body. ****ules in the choanosome are diactine, meaning that they have two arms. Advhena magnifica is native...
- position. In the bladder-like fistular forms, the skeleton making up the choanosome (inner part of the sponge) is absent or reduced to a few wispy bundles...
- made of densely packed spinispires, with more scattered throughout the choanosome. This sponge is known from the south and west coasts of South Africa,...
- The longest rays face inwards. Oxeas and microxeas are scattered in the choanosome. The cortex is made of densely packed microxeas. This species is found...
- granulometry and sponge size. This sorting and distribution occur in the choanosome: sediments smaller than 500 micrometers gather in clusters (known as nuclei)...
- identified. Large triactines and a few large tetractines occur in the choanosome. Approximately a third of the small tetractines have three rows of spines...