poriferan

Noun
  1. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework;
    Usually occurs in sessile colonies (synset 101909390)
    is a type of: invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    subtypes: glass sponge - a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
    belongs to: phylum porifera, porifera - coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
    same as: parazoan, sponge

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