CLASSIFICATION
NINE COMMON ANIMAL PHYLA
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cnidarian
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sponge
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mollusk
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echinoderm
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sponges are aquatic invertebrates that make up the phylum Porifera. The word “porifera” means pore-bearing. The phylum is aptly named. As you can see from Figure below, a sponge has a porous body.
Detailed explanation-2: -Porifera and Cnidaria The phylum porifera contains the earliest invertebrates: the sponges.
Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction to Phylum Porifera. The phylum Porifera comprises the sponges. Sponges are simple invertebrate animals that live in aquatic habitats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sponges of the phylum Porifera are sessile, meaning that they: live attached to a solid structure and do not move around.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sponges are similar to other animals in some ways, but unlike most animals they lack true tissues and organs and have no body symmetry.