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Animal Kingdom

Question
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In most simple type of canal system of Porifera, water flows through which one of the following ways?

  • Ostia  Spongocoel  Osculum  Exterior

  • Spongocoel  Ostia  Osculum  Exterior

  • Osculum  Spongocoel  Ostia  Exterior

  • Osculum  Ostia  Spongocoel  Exterior

Solution

A.

Ostia  Spongocoel  Osculum  Exterior

The ascon type is the simplest type of canal system found in asconoid sponges like Leucosolenia. The course of water current in ascon type of canal system looks like

Ingressing water OstiaThrough spongocoel OsculumThrough To outside.