- The
osculum (pl.: oscula) is an
excretory structure in the
living sponge, a
large opening to the
outside through which the
current of
water exits after...
- has many
oscules,
making the
sponge very porous. It is
likely that the H.
communis sponges have
other organisms living within these oscules. Many organism...
- oscular, oscularity, osculate, osculation, osculator, osculatory, osculatrix,
oscule,
osculum †osculum oscul- os oss- bone exossation, interosseous, osseous...
- constrictions.
These branches end with
rounded ends with
distinct oscules.
Oscules may also
occur on
rounded elevations along the branches. The surface...
-
whitish to
light yellow color. The
inside is
light brown.
Surface is smooth.
Oscules are
grouped in more or less
shallow depressions (= preoscules)
while pores...
- a
continuous water flow
though canals in the
interior which open into
oscules that are
centralized in
atrial openings, the sieve-plates. (d) M. chuni...
-
break off. The
surface of the
branches are
smooth and flat. The
openings (
oscules) are
round and 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) in diameter,
usually surrounded...
- m****ive form is
characterized by
tuberculate inhalant papillae,
large oscules with
raised rims
along the ridges, and
delicate inhalant papillae that...
- yellow, mid to dark
orange or yellowish-green. It has a
small number of
oscules, each up to 4
millimetres (0.16 in) in diameter. They are
elevated with...
-
surface but this
feels rough to the touch.
There are a
small number of
large oscules,
mostly towards the top of the sponge. On
microscopic examination it can...
