- An
amebocyte or
amoebocyte (/əˈmiː.bə.saɪt/) is a
motile cell (moving like an amoeba) in the
bodies of
invertebrates including cnidaria, echinoderms, molluscs...
- out most of the sponge's ingestion, p****ing
digested materials to the
amoebocytes for
delivery to
other cells.
Choanocytes can also turn into ****tocytes...
- in a****ual
reproduction amoebocytes result in the
formation of
gemmules which are cyst-like
spheres containing more
amoebocytes as well as
other sponge...
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Gemmules are
analogous to a bacterium's
endospore and are made up of
amoebocytes surrounded by a
layer of ****ules and can
survive conditions that would...
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currents of
water for the sponge's
stationary filter feeding mechanism amoebocytes –
motile cells that
perform various digestive functions within the sponge...
-
clumps of archeocytes, are
surrounded with a hard
layer secreted by
other amoebocytes.
Gemmules are
released when the
parent body
breaks down, and are capable...
- just
under the
epithelial layers. The
mesoglea also
contains wandering amoebocytes that play a role in
phagocytosing debris and bacteria.
These cells also...
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characteristic of
other sponges are absent,
being replaced by a
syncitial net of
amoebocytes,
through which the ****ules penetrate.
Unlike other sponges, they do...
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Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) is an
aqueous extract of
motile blood cells (amebocytes) from the
Atlantic horseshoe crab
Limulus polyphemus. LAL reacts...
- cells" act as sponges'
equivalent of an
immune system.
Archaeocytes (or
amoebocytes) are amoeba-like
cells that are totipotent, in
other words, each is capable...
