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There are many different kinds of sponges. Every time you see a sponge with a different shape and color, that is a different species. There are thousands of different species of sponges, tube sponges, encrusting sponges, demosponges, etc. But yes, Porifera only includes sponges. So sponges are the only animals in the Porifera.

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