| A. An asconoid body plan. Water
is drawn into the incurrent pores (ostia)
by the flagellar action of the choanocytes
(black) into a common atrium and out through the osculum.
B. Simple synconoid body
plan. Choanocytes occur on the internal folds of the atrium,
called flagellated canals. Water comes in through ostia, the
flagellated canals and into the common atrium and leaves through the
common osculum. C. A more complex synconoid body plan. Water
enters through dermal pores and then conveyed to ostia. D. The
leuconoid body plan. Dermal pores lead to ostia as in C; however,
there is no common atrium or common osculum.
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