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- Multicellular organism
- Eukaryotic organism
- Heterotroph
- diploblastic animal
- radial symmetry
- Mouth and digestive cavity absent
- asexual and sexual reproduction
- Mostly live in marine water
- Skeleton is made up of calcareous
- non motile animals
- have cellular level of organisation
- their body have number of pores
- digestion is intracellular
- muscle and nerve cell are absent
- contain special type of cell called collar cell or choanocytes
- appendages are absent
- ex:- sycon, spongilla
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y ago- Porifera is the phylum for Sponges.
- Example of A Sponge:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Porifera
- Class: Calcarea
- Subclass: Calcinea
- Order: Clathrinida
- Family: Leucaltidae
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∙ 9y ago1 Class Calcarea with CaCO3 spicules .
2 Class Hexactinilida with triradiate silicous spicules .
3 : Class Demospongea , complex marine sponges .
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∙ 14y agoThere are 3 classes: Hexactinellida, Calcarea, Demospongiae. For more information on each go to this useful site: http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/Porifera.htm
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What are the characteristics of porifera?
Porifera are pore bearing animals . Pores include ostia and osculum . they possess choanocytes or collard cells .
What characteristics does the sea sponge have that places it into the Porifera phylum?
Sponges have pores and are filter feeders
What organisms belong to the phylum porifera?
Porifera are sponges.
What is phylum porifera?
phylum porifera are sponges.
What is this porifera about?
Porifera is about the invertebrate animals i.e sponges
What type of symmetry does porifera have?
Individuals in the phylum porifera are asymmetrical.
Are porifera vertebrates?
No. Porifera is a nonvertebrate phylum which includes sponges.
What makes the group porifera unique?
Obviously the fact that when a porifera farts it is odorless. That is a talent that only porifera and John Travolta have.
Example of porifera?
give me some example of porifera a natural or "kitchen" or "bath" sponge
What is the scientific name for the sponge?
Phylum Porifera,
What is the definition of phylum porifera?
Porifera: coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
What is the food chain of a Porifera?
Role of porifera in food chain
