Stylissa carteri

Elephant ear sponge
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

Stylissa carteri (Red Sea, Egypt)

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. [1] [2] [3]

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