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The process of digestion in Leucosolenia occurs in

Option: 1

Paragastric cavity


Option: 2

Osculum


Option: 3

Stomach


Option: 4

Food vacuole


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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. 

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The nutrition is performed by choanocytes that trap the phytoplanktons and digest them through phagocytosis. The digestion occurs in food vacuole.

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