#poriferan__sponge__parazoan  primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
  supertype:  invertebrate  any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
  subtype:  glass_sponge  a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae
  member of:  phylum_Porifera__Porifera  coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
     member of:  subkingdom_Parazoa__Parazoa  multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera
        member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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