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Definition of PORIFERA. : a phylum of primitive invertebrate animals comprising the sponges and having a cellular grade of construction without true tissue or organ formation but with the body permeated by canals and chambers through which a current of water flows and passes in its course through one or more cavities lined with choanocytes.ew Latin, from Latin porus pore + -i- + -fera, neuter plural of-fer-ferous. This word doesn't usually appear in our free dictionary, but the definition from our premium Unabridged Dictionary is offered here on a limited basis. Note that some information is displayed differently in the Unabridged.
Sponges are the basalmost clade of animals of the phylum Porifera (/pÉËrÉªfÉrÉ/; meaning pore bearer). They are multicellular parazoan 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.