Species Profile
Chalina
Finger sponge
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPorifera
ClassDemospongiae
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Chalina lives in shallow marine waters.
Sessile and filter-feeding.
Abundant reef sponge.
Size & Structure
01
Branching finger-like body
02
Soft and flexible
03
Blue or purple colour
04
Porous surface
Chalina — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Acoelomate
- Body plan
- Cell aggregate body plan
- Germ layer
- Diploblastic (cellular grade)
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Asymmetrical
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Intracellular
- Nervous system
- Absent
- Excretory organ
- Absent
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Diffusion
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Water canal system
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (spongin fibres)
- Level of Organisation
- Cellular level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Reef filtration
Shelter for organisms
Nutrient cycling
Economic Importance
Marine biodiversity value
Research importance
Reef conservation relevance