The mesohyl, formerly known as mesenchyme or as mesoglea, is the gelatinous matrix within a sponge. It fills the space between the external pinacoderm...

channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized...

functions as a hydrostatic skeleton. It is related to but distinct from mesohyl, which generally refers to extracellular material found in sponges. The...

    Mesohyl     Pinacocyte     Choanocyte     Lophocyte     Porocyte     Oocyte     Archeocyte     Sclerocyte     Spicule     Water flow Choanocytes (also...

from archeocytes. Repeated cleavage of the zygote egg takes place in the mesohyl and forms a parenchymella larva with a mass of larger internal cells surrounded...

cases, the mesoglea is noncellular. In sponges, the mesenchyme is called mesohyl. In diploblasts (Cnidaria and Ctenophora), the mesenchyme is fully ectodermally...

channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. They have unspecialized cells...

adhesion, signaling, phagocytosis, and polarity. Pinacocytes are filled with mesohyl which is a gel like substance that helps maintain the shape and structure...

found in sponges. The sponge body is mostly a connective tissue; the mesohyl, over which are applied epithelioid monolayers of cells, the outer pinacoderm...

collencytes and structural elements called spicules. They move about within the mesohyl with amoeba-like movements performing a number of important functions....

starts in sclerocytes (amoeboid cells responsible for spicule formation) in mesohyl  and is mediated by silicatein, a special enzyme that initiates formation...

sponges, amebocytes, also known as archaeocytes, are cells found in the mesohyl that can transform into any of the animal's more specialized cell types...

channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. They have unspecialized cells...

have a non-living mesohyl layer that is located between the two living layers. Despite being made up of non-living material, the mesohyl contains living...

of Porifera. The diagram shows the mechanism of water uptake for sponges. Yellow: pinacocytes, red: choanocytes, grey: mesohyl, pale blue: water flow...

presumably refers to the sponge's shape. Sponges are composed of a jellylike mesohyl sandwiched between two layers of cells. They have a fragile skeleton composed...

just the external tubes) and the largest tip penetrates the cormus. The mesohyl is full of bacteria. Klautau, Michelle; Valentine, Clare (2003). "Revision...

abruptly open or close, changing its desired water flow rate through its mesohyl. This sponge is widely known for its contributions to the field of medicine...

body. Between the two layers a more or less gelatinous substance called mesohyl. Sclerocyte cells are responsible for secreting a kind of skeleton for...

form the cormus. The spicules are very bright and can easily be seen. The mesohyl has many porocytes with brown granules. The skeleton has no special organization...

sponges they secrete calcareous or siliceous spicules which are found in the mesohyl layer of sponges. The sclerocytes produce spicules via formation of a cellular...

areas the tubes are hispid. Cells with yellow granules are present in the mesohyl, as are embryos, which are always found near choanocytes. The cells with...

areas the tubes are hispid. Cells with yellow granules are present in the mesohyl, as are embryos, which are always found near choanocytes. The cells with...

abundant microorganisms in the highly diverse microbiome of the sponge mesohyl. They have been found in a large variety of sponge species from diverse...

of the shell. Sponges are known to hold mutualistic bacteria in their mesohyl. S. domuncula produce a bacterial quorum sensing molecule,...

(2008). "Identification of the bacterial symbiont Entotheonella sp. in the mesohyl of the marine sponge Discodermia sp". The ISME Journal. 2 (3): 335–339...

each, and many small inhalant pores on the sides of the papillae. The mesohyl, a jelly-like layer in the body wall, is stiffened by mineral spicules...

together so water moves throughout the specimen. The tissue is called the mesohyl and the water movement occurs through flagellated cells called choanocytes...

etheria. Through the collection and storage of spicule fragments within the mesohyl, D. etheria is capable of deterring predators. The production of toxins...

all derived from epithelial cells and does not involve the migration of mesohyl cells (the gelatinous matrix in the interior of the sponge) into the bud...