†family Mahalospongiidae Rigby and Stuart 1988 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Mahalospongiidae
Parent taxon: Protomonaxonida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Choiidae, Halichondritidae, Hamptoniidae, Hazeliidae, Heliospongiidae, Leptomitidae, Lobatospongia, Piraniidae, Sinospongiidae, Sollasellidae, Takakkawiidae, Tethyidae, Ulospongiellidae, Wapkiidae
Subtaxa: Mahalospongia
Type: Mahalospongia
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mahalospongiidae in the database