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Aphrocallistes vastus (Cloud sponge)

Synonyms: Aphrocallistes intermedia; Aphrocallistes whiteavesianus; Aphrocallistes yatsui

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Predators

Pteraster militaris (Winged sea star)[1]
Pteraster tesselatus (cushion star)[1]

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Citations

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♦ 1The dorid nudibranchs Peltodoris lentiginosa and Archidoris odhneri as predators of glass sponges, Jackson W.F. Chu and Sally P. Leys, Invertebrate Biology 131(2): 75–81 (2012)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0