Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Parent taxon: Hadromerida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Boiko et al. 1991, Rigby and Potter 1986, Rigby et al. 1988 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthochaetetidae, Cassianothalamiidae, Ceotinellidae, Coetinellidae, Ditraenella, Polysiphonidae, Spirastrellidae, Suberitidae
Subtaxa: Alpinothalamia Cassianothalamia Celyphia Jablonskyia Leinia Loczia Montanaroa Pamirocoelia Paravesicocaulis Pisothalamia Pseudouvanella Tongluspongia Uvanella
Type: Celyphia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (19 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Germany (3), Greece (1), Hungary (6), Iran (9), Italy (35), Japan (6), Oman (4), the Russian Federation (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (12), Slovenia (5), Spain (1), Tajikistan (9), Turkey (6), United States (1: Oregon)
• Permian of China (3), Croatia (1), the Russian Federation (6), Slovenia (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (3)
Total: 140 collections including 242 occurrences