The orange elephant ear sponge is a giant, compressed sponge that rises from a narrow base. It is called the orange elephant ear sponge because it looks like an elephant ear and it is orange. Along with the rest of porifera, the orange elephant ear sponge does not have a nervous system. Usually found in the Caribbean, this type of sponge also varies in form. It can be very large, or very small, but it still looks the same. Also, like most sponges, the orange elephant ear sponge is a filter feeder. Therefore, to keep the reefs they are found in clean, the orange elephant ear sponge is essential to keeping the water clean. As well as this, the elephant ear sponge can keep predators away with secondary metabolites that are distasteful to these predators. The orange elephant ear sponge reproduces asexually by regeneration.