Family Halichondriidae (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Halichondrida - Halichondriidae
Parent taxon: Halichondrida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Bubaridae, Chaetosclera, Hymeniacidonidae, Ischnspongia, Neuropora, Ptilispongia, Stromatoaxinella
Subtaxa: Halichondria
Type: Halichondria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Nettlingen (Cretaceous of Germany)