†family Cypelliidae Schrammen 1937 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
Parent taxon: Lychniscosa according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aulophax, Callodictyidae, Callodictyonidae, Calyptrellidae, Camerospongiidae, Cavispongia, Coeloptychidae, Dactylocalycidae, Dracolychnus, Etheridgea, Leucopsacasiidae, Pachyrachis, Pachyteichismatidae, Plectascus, Polyblastidiidae, Rhizopoteronopsis, Rhizopterion, Sclerokalia, Sestrocladia, Sporadopylidae, Ventriculitidae, Xylospongia, Triadocoelia
Subtaxa: Cypellia Paracypellia Porocypellia Pseudoporospongia Sporadopyge
Type: Cypellia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
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