Answer the following question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Sponges are aquatic invertebrates that make up the phylum Porifera. The word porifera means pore-bearing. The phylum is aptly named. As you can see from Figure below , a sponge has a porous body. There are at least 5,000 living species of sponges. Almost all of them inhabit the ocean, living mainly on coral reefs or the ocean floor. Q: What does the term porifera means? Choices: - poreless - pore-clogging - pore - signifying - pore-bearing A:
Answer:
pore-bearing