Assertion: sponge | /r/HasProperty | porifera
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text: Sponges (Porifera) are a group of animals that includes about 10,000 living species.
text: They are also called porifera, meaning pore-bearer.
text: Recent genomic studies have suggested that comb jellies, members of the phylum Ctenophora, are the sister group to all animals but now new research, led by the University of Bristol, reaffirms the traditional view – that sponges (Porifera) are the oldest animal phylum.
text: Among these, the sponges (Porifera) probably diverged first, representing the oldest animal phylum.
text: The consensus view among taxonomists has long been that the sponges (Porifera) represent the oldest surviving animal phylum.
text: Sponges (Porifera): There are about 10,000 species of sponges alive today.