Cloud sponge

Cloud sponge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Sceptrulophora
Family: Aphrocallistidae
Genus: Aphrocallistes
Species:
A. vastus
Binomial name
Aphrocallistes vastus
Schulze, 1886 [1]
Synonyms
List
  • Aphrocallistes intermedia Okada, 1932
  • Aphrocallistes whiteavesianus Lambe, 1892
  • Aphrocallistes yatsui Okada, 1932

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]

  1. ^ a b "Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  2. ^ "Aphrocallistes vastus (cloud sponge)". UniProt. Retrieved 2009-03-15.