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Most animals move to search for food, but a sessile sponge draws food and water into its body instead. The entrance of water through myriads of tiny pores is reflected in the phylum name, Porifera (po-rif´ -er-a) (L. porus, pore, + fera, bearing). The sponge uses a flagellated “collar cell,” …

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