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Pinacocytes are flat
cells found on the
outside of sponges, as well as the
internal canals of a sponge.
Pinacocytes are not
specific to the
sponge however...
- (
pinacocytes) of
organisms of the
phylum Porifera (sponges),
equivalent to the
epidermis in
other animals. The
pinacoderm is
composed of
pinacocytes,...
- are
controlled by tube-like
porocytes that form
closable inlet valves.
Pinacocytes, plate-like cells, form a single-layered
external skin over all other...
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which is
composed of
pinacocytes. In a sponge,
pinacocytes are a thin,
elastic layer which keeps water out.
Between the
pinacocytes,
there are the porocytes...
- fungi, as well as in
several types of
cells in
sponges (amoebocytes,
pinacocytes, and choanocytes). The
number of
contractile vacuoles per cell varies...
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Mesohyl Pinacocyte Choanocyte Lophocyte Porocyte Oocyte Archeocyte Sclerocyte ****ule
Water flow
Choanocytes (also...
- of Porifera. The
diagram shows the
mechanism of
water uptake for sponges. Yellow:
pinacocytes, red: choanocytes, grey: mesohyl, pale blue:
water flow...
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choanocyte layer. The
pinacoderm layer is the
epidermal layer that
consists of
pinacocyte cells that have the
ability to contract. The
contraction of
these cells...
- O.
minuta have
three axes and six points. This
species does not have
pinacocytes,
which are the
cells that form the
outer layer in
other sponges. Instead...
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radial symmetry and consists, on the outside, of
flattened cells known as
pinacocytes. The
inner part is
formed by
cells called choanocytes,
equipped with...
