Elephant ear sponge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Halichondrida |
Family: | Dictyonellidae |
Genus: | Stylissa |
Species: | S. carteri |
Binomial name | |
Stylissa carteri Dendy, 1889 |
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Synonyms | |
Acanthella carteri |
Acanthella carteri
Stylissa carteri, commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a species of sponge found from the Red Sea to Australia. Its robust, usually free-standing, yellowish-orange body with many spicules grows up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in size.