Cloud sponge | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Hexactinellida |
Order: | Sceptrulophora |
Family: | Aphrocallistidae |
Genus: | Aphrocallistes |
Species: | A. vastus
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Binomial name | |
Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886 [1]
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The cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus) is a species of sea sponge in the class Hexactinellida.[2] It is a deep-water reef-forming animal. The species was first described by F.E. Schulze in 1886.[1]