Parent taxon: Porifera according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Nielsen 2012, Reiswig 2002, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Worheide et al. 2012 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Aetholicopalla, Alasonia, Aphlebospongia, Archaeocyatha, Asteriscosella, Batchatocyathus, Bicyathus, Bortepesia, Calcarea, Clathrispongia, Codites, Coniatopenia, Cornuaspongia, Coronacollina, Cotyliscus, Cribricyatha, Cribroscyphia, Cuneiphycus, Cupulochonia, Cupulospongia, Cyclospongia, Demospongiae, Diestosphecion, Diplostomella, Disjectoporidae, Dulmius, Dulmius innovatus, Dyocopanon, Eocoryne, Eocyathispongia, Floriana, Glenodictyum, Helicolocellus, Heteractinida, Holocoelia, Homoscleromorpha, Lamellispongia, Limnoretheles, Megalelasma, Microcoryne, Monotheles, Nabaviella, Nelumbosium, Nelumbosium primum, Oligoplagia, Palaeophragmodictya, Pharetronida, Pilosphecion, Plectinia, Polyactinellidae, Polycnemiseudea, Psephidia, Pulchrilaminida, Puppispongia, Puppispongia prostrema, Radicispongia, Rauffia, Rugoconites, Sclerospongiae, Scribroporella, Scyphia, Shitangspongia, Sinoflabrum, Sparsispongia, Sphinctozoa, Spirocyathidae, Stromatofungia, Stromatoporoidea, Taraxaculum, Textispongia, Thalamospongia, Thectardis, Toriscodermia, Tragos, Trammeria, Tubispongia
Subtaxa: Acanothyia Acanothyra Amphidiscophora Antrispongia Australispongia Baccispongia Bothroconis Chelispongia Crucispongia Diplopleuriana Farreopsis Hemidiagoniella Heterostella Hexasterophora Hodsia Innaecoeliida Kometia Lonsda Lychniscosa Lyssacinosa Lyssakida Nepheliospongia Nephelispongia Pachylepisma Pinnatispongia Rossellimorpha Rugosoderma Sceptrulophora Sestrocladiella Silicunculus Solactiniella Solusrectus Spongus Stromatidiidae
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder