How big does the Cloud Sponge get?

The Cloud Sponge grows to about 90 cm.

Cloud Sponge

Aphrocallistes vastus

Group: Other
Max size: 90 cm

The cloud sponge builds large white masses in distorted vase shapes that can reach ninety centimetres across, with a glassy silica skeleton. It is a reef builder of cold deep water, found on gravel and rock between thirty and three hundred metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Porifera › Hexactinellida › Sceptrulophora › Aphrocallistidae › Aphrocallistes

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 171632.

FAQ

How big does the Cloud Sponge get?: The Cloud Sponge grows to about 90 cm.