Phylum Porifera Lower animals

porifera  PORIFERA · June 2024 · May 2024 · April 2024 · March 2024 · February 2024 · January 2024 · December 2023 · November 2023 · October 2023 · September 2023 Porifera contain the sponges: the most ancient of all animal groups They originated in the Cambrian period around 600 million years ago

Porifera Examples Sycon is a Genus found within Class Calcarea These sponges are typically radially symmetrical and appear as tubes They are hermaphroditic Demospongiae is the largest sponge class including 81% of all living sponges with nearly 7000 species worldwide Systema Porifera was

Sponges the members of the phylum Porifera are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera , are a basal Metazoa clade as sister of the Diploblasts