Alternative spelling: Haplosclerina
Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Finks et al. 2004, Morrow and Cárdenas 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, 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: Calcifibrospongiidae Corralio Desmacidonidae Esperites Eurydiscites Euzkadiellidae Haliclonidae Newellidae Petrosiidae Petrosistroma Thalamnohaliclona
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