Phylum Porifera

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Phylum Porifera: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Phylum Porifera, Choanocytes, Spongocoel, Sycon, Spongilla, Euspongia, Class Demospongiae & Class Calcarea etc.

Important Questions on Phylum Porifera

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What is left, when bath sponges dries up?

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Gemmule formation in sponges are useful in

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Power of regeneration in sponges is due to

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Assertion: Sponges belong to Porifera.

Reason: Sponges have canal system.                     

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Assertion: Sponges have body organization of “cellular level”.
Reason: There is some physiological division of labour.

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Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.

The skeleton is of calcareous spicules in _____. (Hyalonema, Spongilla, Sycon)

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Which of the following organism is included in the class Calcarea.

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Sycon is included in the class Hexactinellida.

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Which of the following class comes under phylum Porifera?

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Flagellated collar cells (choanocytes) is the characteristics of

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Match the following

Column I Column II
A. Euplectella 1. Sea pen
B. Physalia 2. Pinworm
C. Pennatula 3. Venus flower basket
D. Enterobius 4. Midwife toad
E. Alytes 5. Portuguese man of war

 

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Study the following statements.

I) Digestion in sponges is extra cellular.

II) Primary function of flame cells in flatworms is osmoregulation.

III) Clitellum is absent in unisexual annelids.

IV) Dipleurula larva is considered as the ancestor of echinoderms.

Fromthe above, the correct statements are-

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Study the following statements

(I) Digestion in sponges is extra cellular

(II) Primary function of flame cells in flatworms is osmoregulation

(III) Clitellum is absent in unisexual annelids

(IV) Dipleurula larva is considered as the ancestor of echinoderms

Among the above, correct statements are

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Spicules are found in:

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Rhagon type of larva is found in

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Ostium and osculum are surrounded by

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Endoskeleton of sponge is made up of

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Epidermis of a sponge is called:

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Sponges have division of labour. Which cells are found in the gemmules for asexual reproduction?

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In the case of Poriferans, the spongocoel is lined with flagellated cells called