Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 - sponges
     Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885 - demosponges
       Subclass Ceractinomorpha Lévi, 1953 see Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885
         Genus Adocia Gray, 1867 see Subgenus Haliclona Grant, 1836
         Genus Aplysilla Schulze, 1878
         Genus †Astrosclera Lister, 1900
         Genus Axociella Hallmann, 1920 see Subgenus Axosuberites Topsent, 1893
         Genus †Calcifibrospongia Hartman, 1979
         Genus Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
         Genus Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912
         Genus Clathria Schmidt, 1862
         Genus Coelosphaera Thomson, 1873
         Genus Ephydatia Lamouroux, 1816
         Genus Euryspongia Row, 1911
         Genus Goreauiella Hartman, 1969
         Genus Halichondria Fleming, 1828
         Genus Haliclona Grant, 1836
         Genus Halisarca Dujardin, 1838
         Family Halisarcidae Schmidt, 1862
         Genus Halispongia Blainville, 1830
         Genus Hispidopetra Hartman, 1969
         Genus Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858
         Genus Ircinia Nardo, 1833
         Genus Lissodendoryx Topsent, 1892
         Genus Microciona Bowerbank, 1862 see Subgenus Microciona Bowerbank, 1862
         Genus Mycale Gray, 1867
         Genus Myxilla Schmidt, 1862
         Genus Neofibularia Hechtel, 1965
         Family Potamelepidae see Family Potamolepidae Brien, 1967
         Genus Siphonodictyon Bergquist, 1965
         Genus Spongia Linnaeus, 1759
         Genus Spongilla Lamarck, 1816
         Family Spongillidae Gray, 1867
         Genus Stromatospongia Hartman, 1969
         Genus Tedania Gray, 1867
         Genus Verongia Bowerbank, 1845 see Genus Aplysina Nardo, 1834