Demospongiae - Poecilosclerida
Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Finks et al. 2004, 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, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Labyrinthus, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Monaxonida, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Acarniidae Amphilectidae Cladorhizidae Hymedesmiidae Latrunculiidae Makiyama Merliidae Myxillidae Oppligera Tedaniidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Japan (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence