Choanocytes

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Choanocytes

(collared cells), cells of the ciliated epithelium that line the flagellated chambers of sponges, stimulating a constant flow of water in the water-bearing ducts and capturing and digesting food particles. Choanocytes are equipped with a collar surrounding the base of a single flagellum and consisting of ultra-microscopic rod-shaped cell outgrowths. Choanocytes are very similar in structure to the single-celled collared Choanoflagellatae of the suborder Craspedomonadina. This is grounds for pro-posing that multicelled animals arose from the single-celled Choanoflagellatae.

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No references found			When he and his Pathology Department colleagues went back and looked at the samples, De Goeij realised that choanocytes were shedding all over the place. Sponges recycle carbon to give life to coral reefs by Asian News International Mae 'na nifer o blygiadau fel arfer yn wal y corff, felly mae 'na ddigon o arwynebedd a lle i'r choanocytes yma dynnu bwyd i mewn i'r anifail. Anifail neu blanhigyn, mae'n greadur cyntefig; BYD NATUR Bethan Wyn ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The new sponge has neither choanocytes nor a system for filtering water. Deep-sea sponge reaches out, devours by Adler, Tina / Science News			chlorpromazine chlorpropamide chlortetracycline chlorthiamid chlorzoxazone Chlotar I Chlup, Otokar chm Chmi Chmielnicki, Bohdan chmod chmode CHMOS Chmshkian, Georg Chmshkian, Georg Arutiunovich Chmutov, Konstantin Chmutov, Konstantin Vasilevich Cho Densu Cho Ki-Chon Cho Myong-Hi Choakumchild, Mr. Choana choanate fish Choanichthyes choanocyte Choanocytes Choanoflagellida Choanolaimoidea choanosome Choate, Joseph H. Choate, Joseph Hodges Choate, Rufus Choban-Zade, Bekir Vagap Ogly Chobanian, Arshak Chobanu, Ion Chobanu, Ion Konstantinovich Chobe National Park Chocano, Jose Santos Chocano, José Santos Chochin Matsuri Chock chock-a-block chockablock Choco Chocó Chocolate chocolate gale chocolate liquor chocolate spot chocolate tree Chocolate-Molding Equipment			Cho Myong-Hi Cho Oyo Cho Oyu CHO-HIR Cho-Liang Thermal Technology CHO/HIRc Choa Choa Arab Choa Arabs Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang Community Library Choak Choakumchild, Mr. CHOAM choana choana Choanae Choanae Choanæ Choanæ choanal Choanal atresia Choanal atresia Choanal atresia choanal slit choanal stenosis choanate fish Choanichthyes choanocyte choanocyte Choanocytes Choanoflagellate Choanoflagellida Choanoid Choanoid Choanolaimoidea choanosome Choanotaenia CHOAQE Choas Choas Choas Choas Choate Choate Choate International and Global Assistance Choate Korea Friendship Association choate lien Choate Rosemary Hall Choate, Joseph H. Choate, Joseph Hodges Choate, Joseph Hodges Choate, Rufus Choate, Rufus CHOB Choban-Zade, Bekir Vagap Ogly Chobanian, Arshak Chobanu, Ion Chobanu, Ion Konstantinovich CHOBE Chobe National Park

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