Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 - sponges
Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870 - hexactinellids
Subclass Hexasterophora Schulze, 1886
Order Lychniscosa Schrammen, 1903
see Order Lychniscosida Schrammen, 1903
Family Dactylocalycidae Gray, 1867
Subfamily †Dactylocalycinae Gray, 1867
Genus †Exanthesis Regnard, 1925
Subgenus †E. (Eligma) Regnard, 1925, nom. illeg.