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Pinacoderm

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The pinacoderm is the outer most layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis in other organisms.

Location

The pinacocytes (a type of cells) that form pinacoderm are on the external surface of the sponge body and are characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.[1]

References

  1. ^ General Zoology Laboratory Guide (Fourteenth ed.). 2005. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
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