Assertion: sponge | /r/CapableOf | produce sperm
Facets:
value: during a given spawning event
type: TEMPORAL
value: from the choanocytes
type: OTHER
value: at different times
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Most live in the sea and are usually hermaphroditic – each sponge produces both eggs and sperm.
text: Sponges reproduce sexually, with one sponge producing both sperm and eggs from the choanocytes at different times, giving rise to a larvae that is free living (not sessile).
text: Even if a few sponges are able to produce mucus – which acts as a microbial barrier in all other animals – no sponge with the ability to secrete a functional mucus layer has been recorded.
text: Those sponges tend to produce only sperm or eggs, not both, during a given spawning event.
text: Sponges have no permanent gonads, instead a number of areas of the Sponge will during the reproductive period become differentiated (changed) to produce either sperm or ova (eggs).
text: Sponges are at a cellular level of organization and thus do not have organs or even well-developed tissues; nevertheless, they produce sperm and eggs and also reproduce asexually.
text: They produce both sperm and eggs.