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''Stylissa carteri'', commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a Stylissa carteri - Information on Stylissa carteri - Encyclopedia of Life
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''Stylissa carteri'', commonly known as elephant ear sponge, is a species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
found from the Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
to Australia. Its robust, usually free-standing, yellowish-orange body with many spicules grows up to in size.
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References
Halichondrida Sponges described in 1889 Taxa named by Arthur Dendy {{Demosponge-stub