In some Porifera, archaeocytes are totipotent. If an experiment selectively destroyed all archaeocytes within a sponge, which of the following would be the MOST immediate and devastating consequence?
Cessation of water flow through the canal system
Inability to capture food particles
Breakdown of the spongin skeletal structure
Loss of regenerative capacity and inability to differentiate into other cell types
Related Questions
Which of the following animals can successfully reproduce without utilizing the process of mitosis?
Amoeba
Hydra
Tapeworm
Sycon
An organism has a body with a network of cells, flagellated cells lining internal spaces for filtering food, and undergoes indirect development. To which phylum does it likely belong?
Ctenophora
Porifera
Nematoda
Echinodermata
Water enter into spongocoel through
Osculum
Choanocytes
Ostia
Madreporite
Sponges are
Unisexual
Dioecious
Hermaphrodites
Sexuality dimorphic
The unique 'dermal membrane' observed in some homoscleromorph sponges is primarily composed of which cell type?
Choanocytes
Archaeocytes
Sclerocytes
Pinacocytes
In Leucosolenia, gametes develop from
Amoebocytes
Archaeocytes
Choanocytes
Myocytes
Which of the following statements is incorrect
logₐ(x⋅y) = logₐ(x) + logₐ(y)
logₐ(x/y) = logₐ(x) - logₐ(y)
logₐ(xʸ) = y * logₐ(x)
(aᵇ)ᶜ = a⁽ᵇ⁺ᶜ⁾
The canal system is characteristic feature of
Helminthes
Coelenterates
Sponges
Echinoderms
Which of the following is not a Porifera
Sycon
Spirulina
Euspongia
Spongilla
Water circulation in sponges does not help in
Locomotion
Food gathering
Respiration
Removal of waste
