†family Emplocidae de Laubenfels 1955 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Emplocidae
Parent taxon: Hexactinosa according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
Sister taxa: Aphrocallistidae, Aulocalycidae, Auloplacidae, Caesaria, Carinthiaspongus, Caseispongia, Clavularia, Cribrospongiidae, Cystispongiidae, Euretidae, Euryplegmatidae, Farreidae, Furcicanalis, Idiodictyon, Imbricareola, Laocaetis, Misonia, Multiloqua, Mysterium, Octobrum, Pileolitoidea, Pillaraspongioidea, Polysyge, Porospongia, Rhogostomium, Rhombedonium, Scopularia, Scotospongia, Sphenaulacidae, Staurodermatidae, Tesselispongia, Tremaphorus, Tretodictyidae, Vermifistula, Xenoschrammenus
Subtaxa: Emploca
Type: Emploca
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Emplocidae in the database