Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Agelasida according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015
Sister taxa: Actinostromarianinidae, Actinostromariidae, Amphorithalamiidae, Angullongiidae, Aphrosalpingidae, Astroscleridae, Auriculospongiidae, Blastoporella, Catenispongiidae, Cliefdenellidae, Columnocoelia, 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: Anisothalamia Antalythalamia Calabrispongia Cryptocoelia Rigbyspongia Sphaerothalamia
Type: Cryptocoelia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (19), Canada (1: Yukon), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Iran (5), Italy (13), Japan (3), Oman (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (1), Slovakia (10), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (5), Türkiye (4), United States (1: Oregon)
• Permian of China (2), Kyrgyzstan (1)
Total: 75 collections including 98 occurrences