noun
- a member of a group of simple multicellular animals that includes sponges, characterized by lacking true tissues and organs
Usage: biology
Examples
- Sponges are the most familiar examples of parazoans.
- Unlike other animals, parazoans do not have specialized tissues.
- The parazoan body plan is much simpler than that of other multicellular animals.
- Marine biologists study parazoans to understand early animal evolution.
- Parazoans filter water through their porous bodies to obtain food.
- The classification of parazoans as a distinct group helps organize animal taxonomy.