Order Verongida Bergquist 1978 (demosponge)
Alternative spelling: Verongiida
Parent taxon: Ceractinomorpha according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Halisarcida, Medfraspongia, Sigmatosclerophorida, Vaceletida
Subtaxa: Verongiidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Verongida in the database