Family Theneidae Gray 1872 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Theneidae
Parent taxon: Pachastrellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Costamorphiidae, Pachastrellidae
Subtaxa: Thenea Theneopsis
Type: Thenea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
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