Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Labyrinthus, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Monaxonida, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Bubaridae Chaetosclera Halichondriidae Hymeniacidonidae Ischnspongia Neuropora Ptilispongia Stromatoaxinella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
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