Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae
Parent taxon: Octactinellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Eiffeliidae, Nuchidae, Wewokellidae
Subtaxa: Asteriospongia Astraeospongium Blumenbachium Constellatospongia Contignatiospongia Ensiferites Kuraya Magenia Malluviospongia Microastraeum Niquivilispongia Stellarispongia
Type: Astraeospongia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (4: Manitoba, Nunavut collections), Czechia (1), Germany (3), United States (11: Arizona, Illinois, New York)
• Silurian of Sweden (1), United States (24: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (3: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 51 collections including 55 occurrences