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The walls of a sponge’s body are supported by fluid pressure within the sponge’s cells.
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Sponges lack a hydrostatic skeleton. Their shape is maintained mainly by a skeleton of spicules (siliceous or calcareous) and/or spongin fibers; water flow through their canals is generated by choanocytes but does not serve as internal fluid pressure in cells to support the body walls.
Sponges lack a hydrostatic skeleton. Their shape is maintained mainly by a skeleton of spicules (siliceous or calcareous) and/or spongin fibers; water flow through their canals is generated by choanocytes but does not serve as internal fluid pressure in cells to support the body walls.
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