| paraphyletic | | cells arranged in simple sheets |
| choanoderm | | how classes of sponges are divided, based on... |
| oxidation | | type of reproduction in sponges |
| fragmentation | | class of sponges with spicules made of calcium carbonate |
| asconoid | | contain an ancestral group and all of its descendants |
| atrium | | inner layer of a sponge |
| leuconoid | | inorganic skeleton |
| hexactinellida | | internal transport occurs by |
| microvilli | | epithelial layer of sponges containing pinacocytes |
| demospongiae | | how water moves through a sponge |
| spongin | | process that occurs when the organic part of a sponge is bleached |
| diffusion | | derived from 2 or more distinct ancestral lineages; not ok |
| encrusting | | glass sponges |
| monophyletic | | exclude one or more descendants of an ancestor |
| passive | | collagen matrix giving sponge its shape |
| choanoflagelletes | | another type of sponge shape |
| polyphyletic | | class of sponges with megascleres and microscleres; most common |
| pinacoderm | | first living organism |
| synapomorphy | | a shared, derived character |
| symmetry | | what the flagellum is surrounded by |
| spicules | | one type of spomge shape |
| barrel | | most complex body form; chambered |
| calcarea | | central water chamber |