Porifera

Translingual

Aplysina archeri

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Porifera

A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia – the sponges.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom

Hyponyms

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

References

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

Further reading

Porifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Porifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Porifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Porifera at World Register of Marine Species
Porifera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Porifera at the Tree of Life Web Project
Porifera at Encyclopedia of Life
Porifera at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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