Definitions for Porifera
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Porifera, phylum Poriferanoun

   coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges

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1. porifera

   Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. Sponges have unspecialized cells that can transform into other types and that often migrate between the main cell layers and the mesohyl in the process. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory systems. Instead, most rely on maintaining a constant water flow through their bodies to obtain food and oxygen and to remove wastes. Sponges were first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, making them the sister group of all other animals.

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1. porifera

   Porifera, commonly known as sponges, is a phylum within the animal kingdom that encompasses a wide variety of multicellular organisms that live in aquatic environments, mainly in the sea. These organisms are characterized by their bodies full of pores and channels which allow water to circulate through them, hence the name Porifera which means "bearer of pores". They lack true tissues and organs but have specialized cells to perform different functions. Apart from that, they exhibit diverse shapes, sizes and colors.

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1. Porifera

   a grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea

2. Etymology: [NL., fr. L. porus pore + ferre to bear.]

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1. Porifera

   pō-rif′e-ra, n.pl. sponges:—sing. Por′ifer.—adjs. Porif′eral, Porif′erous. [L. porus, a pore, ferre, to bear.]

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1. Porifera

   The phylum of sponges which are sessile, suspension-feeding, multicellular animals that utilize flagellated cells called choanocytes to circulate water. Most are hermaphroditic. They are probably an early evolutionary side branch that gave rise to no other group of animals. Except for about 150 freshwater species, sponges are marine animals. They are a source of ALKALOIDS; STEROLS; and other complex molecules useful in medicine and biological research.

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   The numerical value of Porifera in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of Porifera in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porifera
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Porifera
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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