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the pylum porifera which is the sponges do not actually have a mouth or gut. they have a corona for the "mouth" and incurrent and excurrent siphons.

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Porifera, also known as sponges, are filter feeders that lack a true mouth or gut. They filter microscopic organisms and particles from the water to obtain nutrition through specialized cells in their bodies.

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