Choanosome

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Short description|Type of structure within a sponge}} [[File:EB1911 Sponges - Cydonium eosaster (1).jpg|thumb|Transverse section across an exhalant canal and surrounding choanosome of ''Cydonium eosaster'', showing the aphodal flagellated chambers]] A '''choanosome''' is an inner region of a sponge, supported on the choanoskeleton, the structure that contains the choanocytes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Boury-Esnault |first1=Nicole |last2=De Vos |first2=Louis |last3=Donadey |first3=Claude |last4=Vacelet |first4=Jean |date=April 1984 |title=Comparative study of the choanosome of Porifera: 1. The Homoscleromorpha |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.1051800103 |journal=Journal of Morphology |language=en |volume=180 |issue=1 |pages=3–17 |doi=10.1002/jmor.1051800103 |pmid=30021405 |bibcode=1984JMorp.180....3B |s2cid=51699165 |issn=0362-2525|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Leys |first=Sally P. |date=1999 |title=The Choanosome of Hexactinellid Sponges |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3226994 |journal=Invertebrate Biology |volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=221–235 |doi=10.2307/3226994 |jstor=3226994 |bibcode=1999InvBi.118..221L |issn=1077-8306|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== See also == * Choanoderm

Category:Sponge anatomy

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