Freshwater sponges, belonging to the phylum Porifera, are often overlooked components of aquatic ecosystems. They play crucial roles in freshwater habitats, serving as filter feeders and ...

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are simple, sessile organisms traditionally considered to be descended from the earliest animals. But starting in 2008, a series of studies rocked the base of the animal tree ...

Sponges are sessile animals within the phylum Porifera. There are over 9,000 known species of sponge living in all parts of Earth's oceans, but estimates suggest that there could be as many as 25,000 ...