Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Finks et al. 2004, Rigby et al. 2008, Rigby et al. 2009 and Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Actinostromarianinidae Actinostromariidae Amphorithalamiidae Angullongiidae Aphrosalpingidae Astroscleridae Auriculospongiidae Blastoporella Catenispongiidae Cliefdenellidae Columnocoelia Cryptocoeliidae Exotubispongiidae Fissispongiidae Fluegelispongites Girtycoeliidae Girtyocoeliidae Globucatenulaiidae Glomocystospongiidae Guadalupiidae Incertuspongia Intrasporeocoeliidae Kemeria Maeandrostiidae Milleporellidae Noritubispongiidae Olangocoeliidae Palermocoeliidae Parastylothalamiidae Pharetrospongiidae Phragmocoeliidae Polyedridae Preperonidellidae Radiotrabeculoporidae Sebargasiidae Sestrostomellidae Sobralispongia Solenolmiidae Sphaeropontiidae Spicidae Stellispongiellidae Tabasiidae Tataouinella Tenuipariespongia Thamnonema Thaumastocoeliidae Virgolidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder