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Definition of Poriferan
1. Noun. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies.
Generic synonyms: Invertebrate
Group relationships: Phylum Porifera, Porifera
Specialized synonyms: Glass Sponge
Derivative terms: Sponge, Spongy
Definition of Poriferan
1. n. One of the Polifera.
Definition of Poriferan
1. Noun. (biology) Any sponge of the phylum ''Porifera'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poriferan
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poriferan
Literary usage of Poriferan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1877)
"... or poriferan embryos; while an animal Volvox would be a sort of permanent
vesicular morula. So, one of the higher Infusoria, if it became multinucleate, ..."
2. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Anatomy, especially that of the gastric and skeletal systems, affords at present
the only characters ""of classificatory value. The primitive poriferan, as ..."
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