Phylum porifera, better known as sponges, habitat is both salt and fresh water environments. Sponges live in shallow waters, e.g. coral reefs and mangrove swamps, but can also live at tremendous depths. read more
habitat Sponges are extremely versatile creatures and they can be found on numerous surfaces, depths, and water environments. Around the globe, sponges have been spotted on surfaces ranging from the intertidal zone to depths more than 8,500 metres. read more
The Phylum Porifera includes nearly 8500 described species. Most of them are marine excepting 150 freshwater sponges of the family Spongillidae. These sedentaric animals usually stay in low depths and use solid surface for fixation, but glass sponge reaches at greater depth and anchors on soft sediments. read more
Porifera (pōrĬf´ərə) [Lat.,=pore bearer], animal phylum consisting of the organisms commonly called sponges. It is the only phylum of the animal subkingdom Parazoa and represents the least evolutionarily advanced group of the animal kingdom. read more