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Porifera
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The sponges: the simplest multicellular animals, with no true tissues or organs, a porous body built around a system of internal water channels, and specialized collar cells (choanocytes) that filter food particles from the water they pump through themselves. Nearly all sponges are marine and permanently attached to a hard surface as adults.
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