Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 - sponges Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870 - hexactinellids Subclass Hexasterophora Schulze, 1886 Order Lyssacinosa Zittel, 1877 see Order Lyssacinosida Zittel, 1877 Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867 Subfamily Euplectellinae Gray, 1867 Genus †Euplectella Owen, 1841