ONE-CELLED ANIMALS AND SPONGES. 
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tfiouth for taking food and the two kinds of cilia, one 
for locomotion and one for producing currents of water 
to drive food into the 
mouth. Even a single 
cell then may have its 
parts specialized for per¬ 
forming different kinds of 
work. 
Characteristics of the 
Protozoa. The Protozoa 
are minute animals 
having but a single cell 
of protoplasm, moving by 
pseudopodia, or cilia, and 
reproducing withouteggs. 
Sponges. It is not rec¬ 
ommended that sponges 
be studied in the labora¬ 
tory in an elementary 
course, but for purposes 
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of comparison it is neces- ph, pharynx, 
sary to become familiar 
with the most important facts concerning their structure. 
Sponges are composed of many cells but slightly 
specialized. A single sponge really seems almost as 
much like a colony of Protozoa as like a distinct animal. 
The outer layer of cells which is simply a sort of skin 
is called the ectoderm; the inner layer or lining of the 
cavities of the body is called the endoderm. Between 
the ectoderm and the endoderm lies the mesogloea , in 
which the skeleton is produced. The flesh of the 
sponge taken altogether is called sarcode. The com¬ 
mon bath-sponge as we use it is only the skeleton. 
We may imagine that the hard parts we see have once 
been imbedded in fleshy matter (mesogloea); that the 
fleshy matter was covered with a skin (ectoderm); and 
that the cavities so apparent in the skeleton were lined 
with another skin (endoderm). 
