Summary ⁵

Cloud sponge(Aphrocallistes vastus) is a primitive organism of the order Hexactinosida in the class Hexactinellida. It is a deep-water reef-forming animal. The species was first described by F.E. Schulze in 1886.

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• iNat taxon page
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