Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, 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
Subtaxa: Anisothalamia Antalythalamia Calabrispongia Cryptocoelia Rigbyspongia Sphaerothalamia
Type: Cryptocoelia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (19), Canada (1: Yukon), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Iran (5), Italy (13), Japan (3), Oman (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (10), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (5), Turkey (4), United States (1: Oregon)
• Permian of China (2), Kyrgyzstan (1)
Total: 75 collections including 98 occurrences