Stylissa carteri

Elephant ear sponge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Scopalinida
Family:	Scopalinidae
Genus:	Stylissa
Species:	S. carteri
Binomial name
Stylissa carteri Dendy, 1889
Synonyms
Acanthella aurantiaca Keller, 1889 Acanthella carteri Dendy, 1889 Axinella carteri (Dendy, 1889) Phakellia carteri (Dendy, 1889)

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]}