Family Pachastrellidae Carter 1875 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Parent taxon: Pachastrellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Pisera and Bitner 2007
Sister taxa: Costamorphiidae, Theneidae
Subtaxa: Acanthophora Brachiaster Calthropellinae Halininae Helobrachium Pachastrellinae Paropsites Propachastrella Youngella
Type: Pachastrella
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
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