Kingdom Animalia Class Demospongiae Family Dictyonellidae Rank Species | Phylum Porifera Order Halichondrida Genus Stylissa | |
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Similar Xestospongia testudinaria, Halichondrida, Xestospongia, Axinellidae, Phakellia | ||
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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