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Canal system in Sponges

ZOOA-SEM-1-CC-1-NON-CHORDATES

By Ranita Bhattacharya

Department of Zoology, VJRC

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(d) Apopyle: one of the openings by which the water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge.

(e) Flagellated chamber: one of the outpouchings of the wall of the central cavity of a sponge that is lined with choanocytes and connects with incurrent canals through prosopyles.

(F) Spongocoel: the internal cavity of a sponge discharging by way of the osculum.

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