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Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Option: 1

Sponges are saprophytic.


Option: 2

Sponges are filter feeders.


Option: 3

Both A and B


Option: 4

None of the above


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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. 

 

 

Sponges feed on phytoplanktons and zooplanktons. These are filter feeders

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