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- proper noun A taxonomic
phylum within thesubkingdom Parazoa — thesponges .
Etymologies
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Porifera (sponges) lack organs and nervous systems and possess a limited number of discrete cell types.
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In fact, there are so many species of beetles that there are more species of beetles than the total number of species currently living in the Phyla Echinodermata, Mollusca, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, Cnidaria, and Porifera combined!
Species richness 2007
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New carnivorous sponges Porifera, Poecilosclerida collected from manned submersibles in the deep Pacific.
New Carnivorous Sponges Discovered Staq Mavlen 2006
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New carnivorous sponges Porifera, Poecilosclerida collected from manned submersibles in the deep Pacific.
Archive 2006-12-01 Staq Mavlen 2006
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Every single freaky one of them appears to be another confusing word about Porifera sponges, for the less scientifically minded among you.
Keys Trip, Day 2: mariness 2005
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How, you ask, is the harmless cartoon Porifera being so used?
Sponge Bob Is Brainwashing Your Children! Chris 2005
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The _Eup. spec_, is the skeleton secretion of an insect of the Porifera division.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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In the very lowest, indeed, including the Porifera (sponges); Polypifera (mushroom corals);
Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator. 1823-1886 1855
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Sponges (Porifera) are the phylogenetically oldest
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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Sponges (Porifera) are the phylogenetically oldest
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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