Definition of Porifira

Definition of Porifira

||Po*rif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. porus pore + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a taxonomic phylum, within subkingdom Parazoa - the sponges

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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