parazoan vs poriferan

parazoan and poriferan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parazoan	Yes	No	No	No
poriferan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, parazoan and poriferan are synonyms defined as:

parazoan and poriferan: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

Other synonyms of parazoan include sponge.

parazoan (noun)	poriferan (noun)
primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies	primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies