Alternative spelling: Nephelispongia
Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Novack-Gottshall 2022 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleuriana, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus, Stromatidiidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nepheliospongia in the database
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