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MeSH Heading: Porifera
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.802
Unique ID: D011161
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011161
Scope Note: The phylum of sponges which are sessile, suspension-feeding, multicellular animals that utilize flagellated cells called choanocytes to circulate water. Most are hermaphroditic. They are probably an early evolutionary side branch that gave rise to no other group of animals. Except for about 150 freshwater species, sponges are marine animals. They are a source of ALKALOIDS; STEROLS; and other complex molecules useful in medicine and biological research.
Entry Term(s): Demospongiae; Sponge (Zoology); Sponges; Sponges (Zoology)
Registry Numbers: txid6040; txid6042
Related Numbers: txid6042
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0017330
Registry Numbers: txid6040
Related Numbers: txid6042
Scope Note: The phylum of sponges which are sessile, suspension-feeding, multicellular animals that utilize flagellated cells called choanocytes to circulate water. Most are hermaphroditic. They are probably an early evolutionary side branch that gave rise to no other group of animals. Except for about 150 freshwater species, sponges are marine animals. They are a source of ALKALOIDS; STEROLS; and other complex molecules useful in medicine and biological research.
Terms: Porifera Preferred Term
Term UI T032876
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Sponges
Term UI T032877
Date02/24/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Sponge (Zoology)
Term UI T032878
Date02/24/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Sponges (Zoology)
Term UI T032879
Date02/24/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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