| Porifera |
coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
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| Porifera |
The sponges or poriferans (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear") are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are primative, sessile, mostly marine, waterdwelling filter feeders that pump water through their matrix to filter out particulates of food matter. Sponges are among the simplest of animals, with partially differentiated tissues but without muscles, nerves, and internal organs. In some ways they are closer to being a cell colony than multicellular organisms. ...
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| porin |
A membrane protein that allows the passage of small molecules such as glucose through the membrane.
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| Porifera |
Sponges with porous body-wall.
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| porion |
The superior surface of the external auditory meatus. In craniometry it is identified as the margin of the bony canal on the skull. In cephalometrics it may be identified from the earpost of the cephalostat (machine porion) or from bony landmarks on the film (anatomical porion).
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