Natura - nature
  
 actualia - actual entities
    
 Mundus Plinius - physical world
      
 naturalia - natural bodies
        
 Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
          
 Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
            
 Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
              
 Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                
 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                  
 Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                    
 Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                      
 Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                        
 Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                          
 Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                            
 Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                              
 Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                
 Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 [coordinate rank] - sponges
                                  
 Silicispongia Schmidt, 1862
                                    
 Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870 - hexactinellids
                                      
 Subclass Hexasterophora Schulze, 1886
                                        
 Order Hexactinosida Schrammen, 1903
                                          
 01 Genus †Carinthiaspongus Krainer & Mostler, 1992, incertae sedis
                                          
 02 Genus †Furcicanalis Wu & Xiao, 1989, incertae sedis
                                          
 03 Genus †Imbricareola Wu & Xiao, 1989, incertae sedis
                                          
 04 Genus †Scotospongia Krainer & Mostler, 1992, incertae sedis
                                          
 05 Genus †Tesselispongia Wu & Xiao, 1989, incertae sedis
                                          
 06 Genus †Vermifistula Wu & Xiao, 1989, incertae sedis
                                          
 07 Genus †Caseispongia Quenstedt, 1878, incertae sedis
                                          
 08 Genus †Idiodictyon de Laubenfels, 1955, incertae sedis
                                          
 09 Genus †Misonia Krautter, 1996, incertae sedis
                                          
 10 Genus †Multiloqua de Laubenfels, 1955, incertae sedis
                                          
 11 Genus †Mysterium de Laubenfels, 1955, incertae sedis
                                          
 12 Genus †Octobrum de Laubenfels, 1955, incertae sedis
                                          
 13 Genus †Porospongia d'Orbigny, 1849, incertae sedis
                                          
 14 Genus †Rhogostomium Schrammen, 1936, incertae sedis
                                          
 15 Genus †Rhombedonium Schrammen, 1936, incertae sedis
                                          
 16 Genus †Tremaphorus Schrammen, 1936, incertae sedis
                                          
 17 Genus Deanea Bowerbank, 1875, incertae sedis
                                          
 18 Genus Diaretula Schmidt, 1880, incertae sedis
                                          
 19 Genus Hyalocaulus Marshall & Meyer, 1875, incertae sedis
                                          
 20 Genus Lithospongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, incertae sedis
                                          
 21 Genus Rhabdostauridium Schmidt, 1880, incertae sedis
                                          
 22 Genus "Pachaulidium" Schmidt, 1880, incertae sedis
                                          
 23 Family †Staurodermatidae Zittel, 1877
                                          
 24 Family †Cystispongiidae Reid, 2004 [monotypic]
                                          
 25 Family †Emplocidae de Laubenfels, 1955 [monotypic]
                                          
 26 Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867
                                          
 27 Superfamily †Pillaraspongioidea Rigby, 1986 [monotypic]
                                          
 28 Suborder Sceptrulophora Mehl, 1992