Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Parent taxon: Lyssacinosa according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Pisera and Busquets 2002 and Worheide et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Brachiospongia, Caulophacus, Colpospongia, Divaricospongia, Fistellaspongia, Leucopsacidae, Malumispongium, Oncosella, Opeamorphus, Pyritonema, Pyruspongia, Rossellidae, Stauractinella, Toomeyospongia, Wongaspongia, Testispongia, Rosella, Palaeorossella, Foerstella
Subtaxa: Acoelocalyx Docosaccus Euplectellina Euplectellinae Fiscella Heterotella Regadrella Sheldonia Silesiaspongia Taegerinae Walteria Walteriella
Type: Euplectella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)
• Eocene of Spain (1), United States (2: North Carolina)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Morocco (5)
• Triassic of Poland (3), United States (7: Nevada, Utah)
Total: 25 collections including 34 occurrences