Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Wood 1987
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, Cryptocoeliidae, Exotubispongiidae, Fissispongiidae, Fluegelispongites, Girtycoeliidae, Girtyocoeliidae, Globucatenulaiidae, Glomocystospongiidae, Guadalupiidae, Incertuspongia, Intrasporeocoeliidae, Kemeria, Maeandrostiidae, Milleporellidae, Noritubispongiidae, Olangocoeliidae, Palermocoeliidae, Parastylothalamiidae, Pharetrospongiidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Polyedridae, Preperonidellidae, Radiotrabeculoporidae, Sebargasiidae, Sestrostomellidae, Sobralispongia, Solenolmiidae, Sphaeropontiidae, Spicidae, Stellispongiellidae, Tabasiidae, Tataouinella, Tenuipariespongia, Thamnonema, Thaumastocoeliidae, Virgolidae
Subtaxa: Actinostromaria Actinostromina Actostroma
Type: Actinostromaria
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (10), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (2), China (1), Croatia (2), Ethiopia (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Indonesia (4), Israel (1), Portugal (10), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (10), Somalia (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 55 collections including 64 occurrences