Assertion: sponge's cell | /r/Synonym | porocyte
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text: The cells that are responsible for the formation of pores are called porocytes.
text: The Pinachoderm is crossed by dermal pores which in turn are covered by a coiled cell (porocyte), which is responsible for attracting water.
text: The walls of these sponges are thin, lack canals, and are perforated by pores, which actually are openings through cells (porocytes).
text: Note that water enters the sponge through a modified cell known as a porocyte.
text: water flows into the sponge - water flows into a sponge through cells with pores (these cells are called porocytes) located all over its body.
text: The exterior of sponges is coated with epidermal cells; in the wall of the sponge are wandering amoeboid cells that perform some immune-system like duties and secrete crystalline spicules (usually calcium carbonate or silicic acid) or proteinaceous fibers that support the sponge; special cells called porocytes can encircle the inflowing wall pores; and distinctive choanocytes, or collared cells, line the interior spaces of the sponge.
text: Ostia are surrounded by donut shaped cells called porocytes.