1. Order Lychniscosida
2. Order Lyssacinosida
3. Order Sceptrulophora
4. Order Aulocalycoida accepted as Aulocalycidae Ijima, 1927 (not monophyletic)
5. Order Fieldingida accepted as Fieldingiidae Tabachnick & Janussen, 2004 (ordinal status unjustified)
6. Order Hexactinosa accepted as Hexactinosida accepted as Sceptrulophora (emended name & not monophyletic)
7. Order Hexactinosida accepted as Sceptrulophora (not monophyletic)
8. Order Lychniscosa accepted as Lychniscosida (nomen imperfectum)
9. Order Lyssacinosa accepted as Lyssacinosida (emended name)
10. Order Hexasterophora incertae sedis (temporary name)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent + fossil

Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97. [details] 

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Hexasterophora. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131590 on 2024-11-21

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