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poriferan. n. 1. (Animals) any invertebrate of the phylum Porifera, which comprises the sponges. adj. 2. (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Porifera.oun. 1. poriferan-primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies. parazoan, sponge. invertebrate-any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification.
Sponges. Above: a Pov-Ray model of a sponge. Sponges belong to the phylum Porifera, which literally many 'many pores' since the surface of a sponge is covered in minute pores that suck in water and nutrients, which the sponge filters before expelling the water from a large opening or osculum.