- [citation needed]
Archaeocytes (from Gr****
archaios "beginning" and
kytos "hollow vessel") or
amoebocytes are
amoeboid cells found in sponges. They are...
- contract. "Grey cells" act as sponges'
equivalent of an
immune system.
Archaeocytes (or amoebocytes) are amoeba-like
cells that are totipotent, in other...
- them by phagocytosis.
Sponges exhibit a
totipotent cell type
known as
archaeocytes,
capable of
transforming into the
feeding cells or choanocytes. Amoeboid...
-
change into
other cell types. In sponges, amebocytes, also
known as
archaeocytes, are
cells found in the
mesohyl that can
transform into any of the animal's...
- non-living material, the
mesohyl contains living cells called archaeocytes.
Archaeocytes are
specialized cells that can
modify themselves according to...
- sponges. ****ules are
formed by sclerocytes,
which are
derived from
archaeocytes. The
sclerocyte begins with an
organic filament, and adds
silica to it...
- They form by
migration of food-filled
archaeocytes, also
called amoebocytes, into
discrete m****es. This
archaeocyte core
becomes enveloped in
several different...
- choanocytes. They
contain a
matrix composed of
proteins and ****ules.
Archaeocytes are
special types of cells, in that they can
transform into all of the...
- then
capture the
sperm and
transport them to the eggs of the
sponge via
archaeocytes.
Fertilization takes place in the
mesenchyme of the sponge. They then...
