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, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Acarniidae Amphilectidae Cladorhizidae Hymedesmia Latrunculiidae Makiyama Merliidae Myxillidae Oppligera Tedaniidae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
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