Porifera

Translingual

Aplysina archeri (stove-pipe sponge)

Etymology

From Latin porus (“pore”) +‎ -fera (“bearing”).

Proper noun

Porifera

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – sponges.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom

Hyponyms

(phylum): Calcarea, Demospongiae, Hexactinellida, Sclerospongiae - classes

Coordinate terms

(phylum): Bilateria - subkingdom

References

Porifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Porifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Porifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Porifera at World Register of Marine Species
Porifera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Porifera at Encyclopedia of Life
Porifera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Porifera at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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