PORIFERA Definition & Meaning -

porifera  1 Phylum Porifera 2 Phylun Coelenterata 3 Platyhelminthes 4 Nematoda 5 Phylum Annelida 6 Phylum Mollusca  PORIFERA LTD

The simplest of all the invertebrates are the Parazoans, which include only the phylum Porifera Phylum Porifera (“pori” = pores, “fera” = PORIFERA LTD

Porifera are the most primitive of animals and thus have an early branch on the animal phylogenetic tree, so they're likely candidates for Sponge, any of the primitive multicellular aquatic animals that constitute the phylum Porifera They number approximately 5000 described species and inhabit