Sponges are not ainimals o the phylum Porifera (meanin "pore bearer"). Thay are multicellular organisms that hae bodies full o pores an channels allaeing watter tae circulate throu them, consistin o jelly-lik mesohyl sandwiched atween twa thin layers o cells.

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Sponge
Temporal range: Ediacaran–Recent
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A stove-pipe sponge
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Grant, 1836
Classes
  • Calcarea
  • Hexactinellida
  • Demospongiae
  • Homoscleromorpha
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