1. The Porifera (and friends) Brought to you by the Metazoa. the Animal Phyla
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8. 3 Systems of Filtering Asconoid Syconoid Leuconoid
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15. Life Cycle of a Sponge This is for a Syconoid sponge. The cycle is slightly different for Demospongiae. See p. 249 of text.
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17. Remember, sponges can reproduce asexually by budding and gemmules (internal buds), or sexually by viviparity as well as oviparity. In viviparity the embryo develops inside the body of the mother, as opposed to outside in an egg (oviparity)…also referred to as ovipary and vivipary