Family Dysideidae Gray 1867 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Dictyoceratida - Dysideidae
Parent taxon: Dictyoceratida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Felixium, Irciniidae, Spongeoliomorpha, Spongiidae, Vaceletiidae
Subtaxa: Dysidea Miritubus Ordinisabulo Spongeliomorpha Spongelites Vadosifistula
Type: Dysidea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Spain (2)
• Cretaceous of China (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Poland (1)
• Permian of Morocco (1)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences