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    Leucosolenia reproduces both asexually through budding, branching, and regeneration, as well as sexually. Sexual reproduction involves the formation of male and female gametes within the same individual, followed by internal fertilization. The fertilized egg undergoes cleavage and develops into a swimming parenchymula larva, which eventually attaches, develops an epidermis and mesenchyme, and transforms into an adult asconoid sponge.

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    Leucosolenia reproduces both asexually through budding, branching, and regeneration, as well as sexually. Sexual reproduction involves the formation of male and female gametes within the same individual, followed by internal fertilization. The fertilized egg undergoes cleavage and develops into a swimming parenchymula larva, which eventually attaches, develops an epidermis and mesenchyme, and transforms into an adult asconoid sponge.

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    Reproduction in Leucosolenia

    MADE BY- Vaibhav Gupta


    B.sc 1st year
    Zoology PPT
    CLASSIFICATION

    PHYLUM- PORIFERA
    CLASS- CALCAREA
    ORDER- HETEROCOELA
    GENUS- Leucosolenia
    SPECIES- Leucosolenia
    botryoides
    GENERAL CHRACTERISTICS
    OF PORIFERA
    REPRODUCTION

    ASEXUAL SEXUAL
    1) ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

    BUDDING

    BRANCHING

    REGENERATION
    BUDDING
     During budding evagination of near the base of body
    vertical tube forms a bud. This bud grows in size and
    breaks off at its free anterior pole to form an
    osculum.
    BRANCHING
     In branching new horizontal branches arise from
    stolon which grow over rocks and other substrata and
    give rise to erect vase-shaped individuals
     When upright branches attain sufficient size,their tips
    break through as oscula.
    Along 

    REGENERATION
     Leucosolenia has also remarkable power of
    regeneration. Any piece of broken Leucosolenia is
    capable of growing into a complete individual. This
    process is slow, and months or even years may be
    required before size is attained.
    2) SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

     Sexual reproduction takes place by the formation of gametes, i.e.,


    ova and sperms. Leucosolenia is hermaphrodite, because both the
    gametes are formed in the body of same individual, though
    gonads are altogether absent. The gametes are, however, formed
    by the differentiation (say, gametogenesis) of amoebocyte cells.

     Cross-fertilization occurs, which is internal. The sperms are drawn


    in the body of Leucosolenia with the water current which fertilize
    the ova. The development of Leucosolenia have been described
    by Metschnikoff (1879) and Minchin (1896).
    DEVELOPMENT

     The fertilised egg undergoes equal and holoblastic cleavage to


    form an oval hollow blastula, called coeloblastula. The
    coeloblastula is composed entirely of a narrow flagellated cells
    except at the posterior pole, where there is a group of rounded
    non-flagellated cells. These are believed to be archaeocytes
    which form all future archaeocytes of the sponge.
     These together with adjacent flagellated cells (which thereupon
    lose their flagella) wander into the interior and fill it with a mass
    of cells. The resulting larva is, thus, a stereogastrula or
    parenchymula and ah inner mass of amoeboid cells.
     The parenchymula swims freely for some hours. Then
    it attaches by the anterior pole and develops into a
    flat plate with an irregular outline. The amoeboid cells
    (interior cells) migrate to the external surface and
    form the epidermis (pinacoderm) and mesenchyme.
     The flagellated cells are, thus, enclosed and become
    the choanocytes. A central spongocoel appears, an
    osculum breaks through, and spicules are secreted.
    After a few days of attachment, the larva is converted
    into the adult asconoid sponge.

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