Stylissa carteri
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| Elephant ear sponge | |
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| File:Stylissa carteri at the Red Sea.JPG | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Scopalinida |
| Family: | Scopalinidae |
| Genus: | Stylissa |
| Species: | S. carteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Stylissa carteri Dendy, 1889
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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]
References
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- ^ World Porifera Database - Species - Stylissa carteri (Dendy, 1889)
- ^ Stylissa carteri - Information on Stylissa carteri - Encyclopedia of Life
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