- Cloud sponge
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Cloud sponge (Aphrocallistes vastus) is a primitive organism of the order Hexactinosa in the class Hexactinellida.[1] It is a deep-water reef-forming animal. The species was first described by F.E. Schulze in 1886.[2]
References
- ^ "Aphrocallistes vastus (cloud sponge)". UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/83887. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ "Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171632. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
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