Stylissa carteri
| 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 | |
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Stylissa carteri Dendy, 1889 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthella carteri |
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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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