Phylum Porifera - Structure, Classification, Characteristics

Phylum Porifera Biology for Majors II porifera

Demospongiae is the largest sponge class including 81% of all living sponges with nearly 7000 species worldwide Systema Porifera was

porifera PHYLUM PORIFERA Page 3 Classification of sponges is by  SpongesSponges are considered the oldest animal group They are multicellular but don't have tissues or organsThe name porifera means 'pore bearer' in Latin The phylum that sponges belong to is known as Phylum Porifera Poriferans belong to Kingdom Animalia due to being multicellular, their reliance on external

ปีฉลู Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera , are a basal Metazoa clade as sister of the Diploblasts