What is scypha?

What is scypha?

Scypha is commonly called "sycon". Genus of marine sponges. Characterized by a fingerlike body shape known as the syconoid type of structure.

Habitat : It is marine, sedentry colonical sponge found attached to rocks etc. Below low tide mark. It is commonly called sycon or urn sponge.

Habits :

Locomotion: It is absent to sedentry mode of life.

Feeding: It is omnivorous and feeds upon planktons and organic particles. Digestion ios intracellular.

Reproduction: Asexual reproduction occurs by external budding. Sexual reproduction. Scypha is bisexual. It is always show cross fertilization due to protogyny. Fertilization is internal.

Economic importance: It is a type study animal of porifera .

Morphology: Vace like colonical sponges.

Numerous small sized pores called dermal ostia on body surface and single large osculum at the tip of each branch.