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Stylissa carteri

Elephant ear sponge
Stylissa carteri at the Red Sea.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Halichondrida
Family: Dictyonellidae
Genus: Stylissa
Species: S. carteri
Binomial name
Stylissa carteri
Dendy, 1889
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.



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