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Cloud sponge

Aphrocallistes vastus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 130, February 96, March 151, April 237, May 342, June 372, July 398, August 343, September 252, October 188, November 103, December 80.
United States3,020
Alaska2,690
Canada565
British Columbia565
Washington208
California65
Oregon57

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumSponges · Porifera
ClassGlass Sponges · Hexactinellida
OrderSceptrulophora
FamilyAphrocallistidae
GenusAphrocallistes

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