INTEGRATED PRINC.OF ZOOLOGY(LL)(FD)
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Chapter 12, Problem 7RQ
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To explain: The material present in the skeleton of all sponges.
Introduction: Sponges are members of the phylum Porifera. Sponges are a multicellular organism that has bodies with full of channels and pores that permits water to circulate through them. The sponges have three body types, namely leuconoid, syconoid, and asconoid.
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