User:Enferno83/Porocyte

Article Evaluation

Yes everything in the article is relevant to the topic, there isn’t anything distracting; but there isn't anything captivating either. The article page has basic content but lacks photographs and examples. I believe an increase and pictures would help add more depth to this article. Yes the tone remains mainly neutral, with some positive implications. There is good background on the sponges in which porocytes are found but an equal amount of information explaining porocytes( I believe should be more of 30% sponge background and 70% porocyte information rather than 50/50). The page desperately needs citations as well. This article is part of the wikiproject animal anatomy project.

Porocyte Porocytes are unique, elongated, tubular cells. Each porocyte allows water to flow inside the spongocoel from the surrounding aquatic habitat. The pore through which water flows in is called ostium (singular). There are innumerable ostia (plural).

The porocytes can contract, thus closing the pores during unfavourable environmental conditions.

Below a Porocyte is labeled, this is a cartoon depicting an enlarged cross section of a

Sponge for better visual understanding.

https://socratic.org/questions/what-are-the-functions-of-sponges-specialized-cells-archaeocytes-choanocytes-por Work Cited

Britannica Porocyte. (n.d.). Retrieved November 01, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/science/porocyte

P, M. (2016, November 16). What are the functions of sponges' specialized cells: Archaeocytes, choanocytes, porocytes?: Socratic. Retrieved November 01, 2021, from https://socratic.org/questions/what-are-the-functions-of-sponges-specialized-cells-archaeocytes-choanocytes-por

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