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Definition of Porifera
1. Noun. Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges.
Group relationships: Parazoa, Subkingdom Parazoa
Member holonyms: Parazoan, Poriferan, Sponge, Sponge Genus, Class Hyalospongiae, Hyalospongiae
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Definition of Porifera
1. n. pl. A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiæ, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiæ, Keratosa or Fibrospongiæ, and Silicea.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porifera
Literary usage of Porifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"... Note sur la nature des Herdman, WA and Chadwick, HC Porifera, ... Kirkpatrick, R.
Porifera, in ..."
2. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1878)
"THE Porifera AND THE ... a matter of de- The lowest term in the series of the
Metazoa is undoubtedly represented by the Porifera or Sponges, which, ..."
3. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1901)
"A closer inspection however reveals the fact that the tissues of the Porifera
are very different from those of Coelenterata. and originate in a different ..."
4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"PHYLUM Porifera, 'I'HK ^r»up of the sponges or Porifera occupies an almost isolated
position in the animal kingdom. Sponges agree, it is true, ..."
5. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"CHAPTER IV PHYLUM Porifera THE members of the Phylum Porifera (Lat. parus, a
pore, ferre, to bear) are commonly called sponges. The ordinary bath sponge of ..."
6. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"THE Sponges or Porifera form a well-characterised group of animals, very abundant
in all seas, from the equator to the poles, and flourishing at all depths, ..."
7. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"CHAPTER V. Porifera. ALTHOUGH within the last few years greater advances have
probably been made in our knowledge of the development of the Porifera than of ..."
8. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1880)
"CHAPTER V. Porifera. ALTHOUGH within the last few years greater advances have
probably been made in our knowledge of the development of the Porifera than of ..."
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