Agelas clathrodes

Agelas clathrodes
Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes, in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Agelasida
Family:	Agelasidae
Genus:	Agelas
Species:	Agelas clathrodes

Agelas clathrodes, also known as the elephant ear sponge, is a species of sponge that lives in reefs more than 10 metres (33 ft) below the surface of the ocean. The base is between 1.5 and 10 centimetres (0.59 and 3.9 in) thick. Its color is reddish orange.^[1] Compounds isolated from this sponge include ageliferin and sceptrin.

Related species

• Agelas conifera

References

1. ^ "Agelas clathrodes". Species database. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070630183401/http://striweb.si.edu/bocas_database/details.php?id=1. Retrieved 2011-07-22.