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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

choanocyte In Porifera (sponges), one of the flagellated cells surrounded by a collar-like sheath of protoplasm that form a layer lining the internal chambers. Choanocytes are very similar in structure to choanoflagellate protozoa.

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