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ARCHAEOCYTE

Archaeocyte

[citation needed] Archaeocytes (from Greek archaios "beginning" and kytos "hollow vessel") or amoebocytes are amoeboid cells found in sponges. They are

Archaeocyte

Sponge

Animals of the phylum Porifera

contract. "Grey cells" act as sponges' equivalent of an immune system. Archaeocytes (or amoebocytes) are amoeba-like cells that are totipotent, in other

Sponge

Spongilla lacustris

Species of sponge

They form by migration of food-filled archaeocytes, also called amoebocytes, into discrete masses. This archaeocyte core becomes enveloped in several different

Spongilla lacustris

Spongilla_lacustris

Amoeba

Cellular body type

them by phagocytosis. Sponges exhibit a totipotent cell type known as archaeocytes, capable of transforming into the feeding cells or choanocytes. Amoeboid

Amoeba

Cliona celata

Species of sponge

non-living material, the mesohyl contains living cells called archaeocytes. Archaeocytes are specialized cells that can modify themselves according to

Cliona celata

Cliona_celata

Gemmule

Reproductive bud of sponges

May 23, 2006. Ereskovsky, A., Melnikov, N. P., & Lavrov, A. (2025). Archaeocytes in sponges: simple cells of complicated fate. Biological Reviews of the

Gemmule

Amebocyte

Cell type in the circulatory system of invertebrates

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

Amebocyte

Sponge spicule

Structural element of sea sponges

sponges. Spicules are formed by sclerocytes, which are derived from archaeocytes. The sclerocyte begins with an organic filament, and adds silica to it

Sponge spicule

Sponge_spicule

Lycopodina hypogea

Species of sponge

action after it is covered by pinacocytes. Further digestion is done by archaeocytes and bacteriocytes. Large prey such as mysids, pycnogonids, ophiuroids

Lycopodina hypogea

Lycopodina_hypogea

Precambrian body plans

Structure and development of early multicellular organisms

choanocytes. They contain a matrix composed of proteins and spicules. Archaeocytes are special types of cells, in that they can transform into all of the

Precambrian body plans

Precambrian_body_plans

Calcifibrospongiidae

Family of sponges

then capture the sperm and transport them to the eggs of the sponge via archaeocytes. Fertilization takes place in the mesenchyme of the sponge. They then

Calcifibrospongiidae