- The
osculum (pl.: oscula) is an
excretory structure in the
living sponge, a
large opening to the
outside through which the
current of
water exits after...
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Osculum infame is a witch's
supposed ritual greeting upon
meeting with the Devil. The name
means the 'shameful kiss' or 'kiss of shame',
since it involved...
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- the
water deposits nutrients and then
leaves through a hole
called the
osculum. The single-celled
choanoflagellates resemble the
choanocyte cells of sponges...
- (ostia)
throughout their body for
digestion and a
larger dorsal pore (
osculum) for excretion, comb
jellies have both a
ventral mouth and
dorsal anal...
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usually appear as
groups of
curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each
ending in an
osculum. The
overall shape is
sometimes likened to a tiny
bunch of bananas. They...
- and
subordinate would sometimes then kiss each
other on the
mouth (the
osculum) to
symbolize their friendship. In this way one of the
fundamental bonds...
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particles out of the
water and into the spongocoel, and out
through the
osculum. This
improves both
respiratory and
digestive functions for the sponge...
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through hundreds of tiny
pores (ostia) and
exits through the
larger opening (
osculum).
Depending on the body plan of the
sponge (which can be asconoid, syconoid...
- are
thicker and less
tightly knit than in C.
coriacea and
there is no
osculum as
found in that species). Like C. coriacea, the ****ules are exclusively...
