Porifera Phylum (Sponges) are characterized by their lack of symmetry, nerves, and muscles, their sessile nature, two cell layers, specialized cells instead of tissues, and reproduction via fragmentation or as hermaphrodites.
Porifera Phylum (Sponges) is characterized by no symmetry, no nerves or muscles, being sessile, having two cell layers, specialized cells but no tissues, and reproducing asexually through fragmentation or sexually as hermaphrodites.
| Front | Porifera Phylum (Sponges) |
|---|---|
| Back | - no symmetry - no nerves, muscles, sessile - 2 cell layers - specialized cell but no tissues - reproduce asexually through fragmentation - reproduce sexually by being hermaphrodites |
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