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In sponges, the feeding occurs through

Option: 1

Pinacocytes


Option: 2

Choanocytes


Option: 3

Spicules


Option: 4

Nurse cells


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Physiology of Porifera -

Digestion in Porifera

  • Sponges lack a digestive system. 
  • The nutrition is performed by choanocytes that trap the phytoplanktons and digest them through phagocytosis. 
  • Hence, digestion is intracellular. 
  • The amoebocytes transfer food from choanocytes to other cells. 
  • The pinacocytes digest larger plankton. 

 

 

The nutrition is performed by choanocytes that trap the phytoplanktons and digest them through phagocytosis.

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