Parent taxon: Demospongia according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Leiochaetetes Metamsassia Pamirochaetetes Parastromatoporidae Precaratoporella Pseudochaetetes
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), Spain (3)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (2), Portugal (2), Romania (2)
• Triassic of Slovenia (1), Türkiye (1)
• Carboniferous of Spain (1)
• Devonian of China (1), France (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence