Sponges or sea sponges are members of the metazoan phylum Porifera (/pəˈrɪfərəˌ pɔː-/ pər-IF-ər-ə, por-; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal animal clade and...

the Porifera and ParaHoxozoa as a sister group of Ctenophora. An alternative phylogeny is given by the Porifera-sister hypothesis in which Porifera are...

class in the phylum Porifera. They include greater than 90% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). They...

are only partially differentiated. They generally group a single phylum, Porifera, which lack muscles, nerves and internal organs, which in many cases resembles...

The calcareous sponges (class Calcarea) are members of the animal phylum Porifera, the cellular sponges. They are characterized by spicules made of calcium...

Ctenopelta porifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Peltospiridae. The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm. It is a...

proposed as a sister group to Porifera. A competing hypothesis is the Benthozoa clade, which would consist of Porifera and ParaHoxozoa as a sister group...

and crustaceans. The most familiar invertebrates include the Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Echinodermata, Mollusca...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sponge is an animal of the phylum Porifera. Sponge may also refer to: Sponge (band), an American rock band "Sponge"...

Africa is a list of species that form a part of the poriferan (Phylum Porifera) fauna of South Africa. Taxonomy follows WoRMS. The list follows the SANBI...