Which of these is NOT a characteristic of sponges?

a) Amoebocyte cells transport food and make skeletal fibers and gametes.
b) Flagellated choanocytes move water.
c) Water enters through a single cavity, the osculum.
d) sessile filter feeders
e) body wall has two cell layers


Ans: c) Water enters through a single cavity, the osculum.

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