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Phase contrast photomicrography of cellular behaviour in spongillid
the initial photographic record of spongillid porocyte cellular behavior.
Properties of the Wall of Leucosolenia variabilis
The Choanoderm and the Porocyte Epithelium. By W.
The Contractility and Healing Behaviour of Pieces of Leucosotenia
Sponge cell types
Porocytes: tubular cells that porocytes connect the atrium with the prosopyles , apopyles, incurrent canals –pino- or porocytes.
Porifera Cell Types Cell Types Cell Types Choanocytes Cell - UNCA
27. Jan. 2011 Cell Types.

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Sponges: The Original Animal House
The beating flagella create a current that draws water in through the porocytes or intercellular pores (in either case, the holes are called “ostia”) and out through the central hollow of the sponge, called the osculum.

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Porocytes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porocytes are tubular cells which make up the pores of a sponge. Covering the sponge is a layer of cells, very similar to skin, but it's slightly different.
porocyte (sponge) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
What is the difference between porocytes and ostia on sponges
Porocytes are single cells with a hole through it. There are many of them bringing water and its contents into the sponge.
The Wet World of Sponges - Anatomy - Exterior Layer
2) Porocytes- Throughout the pinacocytes, at various intervals, there are porocytes which are each associated with a pore on the surface of the sponge.
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