Family Hyalonematidae Gray 1857 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Amphidiscophora - Hyalonematidae
Parent taxon: Amphidiscophora according to G. Worheide et al. 2012
See also Brückner et al. 2003 and Finks and Rigby 2004
Sister taxa: Amphidiscosa, Hemidiscosa, Reticulosa
Subtaxa: Hyalonema
Type: Hyalonema
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Septarienton, Bad Freienwalde (Oligocene of Germany)