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PHYLUM PORIFERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
Synonyms:
phylum Porifera; Porifera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phylum Porifera" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "phylum Porifera"):
parazoan; poriferan; sponge (primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies)
sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)
class Hyalospongiae; Hyalospongiae (sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers)
Holonyms ("phylum Porifera" is a member of...):
Parazoa; subkingdom Parazoa (multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera)
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