THE SPONGES 



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in the autumn just before the death of the adult sponge. In the 

 spring they develop into new sponges. They are of value in 



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Fig. 128. — Types of canal systems of sponges. 



A, ascon type; B, sycon type; C, rhagon type. The arrows indicate the 

 direction of the current of water. The thick black line in A and B represents the 

 gastral layer; the dotted portion, the dermal layer. 



ap.p, apopyle ; fl.p, flagellated chamber; GC, gastral cavity (cloaca) ; in.c, in- 

 current canal ; osc, osculum ; pr.p, prosopyle ; C, flagellated chambers ; DP, 

 dermal pores; Ex, excurrent canals; GO, openings of excurrent canals; In, in- 

 current canals ; O, osculum ; PG, gastral cavity ; SD, subdermal cavity. (From 

 Minchin.) 



carrying the race through a period of adverse conditions, such 



as the winter season. Only a few sponges reproduce in this way. 



Grantia. — A sponge slightly more complex than Leucoso- 



lenia is Grantia (Fig. 127, C). Grantia also lives along the coast 



