Subfamily Calthropellinae von Lendenfeld 1907 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Parent taxon: Pachastrellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Acanthophora, Brachiaster, Halininae, Helobrachium, Pachastrellinae, Paropsites, Propachastrella, Youngella
Subtaxa: Calthropella
Type: Calthropella
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calthropellinae in the database