Acanthochaetetes Fischer, 1970 (name verified source)
Amsassia Sokolov & Mironova, 1959 † (additional source)
Barrandeolites Sokolov & Prantl in Sokolov, 1965 † (current name source)
Barrandeolites Sokolov & Prantl in Sokolov, 1965 † (name verified source)
Barrandeolites Sokolov & Prantl in Sokolov, 1965 † (verified source for family)
Calcisuberites Reitner & Schlagintweit, 1990 † (current name source)
Carnegiea Girty in Willis, 1913 † (verified source for family)
Carnegiea Girty in Willis, 1913 † (current name source)
Cassianopora Bizzarini & Braga, 1978 † (verified source for family)
Cassianopora Bizzarini & Braga, 1978 † (current name source)
Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912 (additional source)
Chaetetella Sokolov, 1939 † (current name source)
Chaetetella Sokolov, 1939 † (verified source for family)
Chaetetida accepted as Demospongea (habitat flag source)
Chaetetida accepted as Demospongea (source of synonymy)
Chaetetida accepted as Demospongea (extant flag source)
Chaetetipora Struve, 1897 † (current name source)
Chaetetipora Struve, 1897 † (verified source for family)
Chaetetiporella Sokolov, 1939 † accepted as Chaetetella Sokolov, 1939 † (verified source for family)
Chaetetiporella Sokolov, 1939 † accepted as Chaetetella Sokolov, 1939 † (source of synonymy)
Conosclera Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Conosclera Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Desmidopora Nicholson, 1886 † (current name source)
Desmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy, 1968 † (taxonomy source)
Diplochaetetes Weissermel, 1913 † (additional source)
Favosichaetetes Yang, 1978 † (verified source for family)
Favosichaetetes Yang, 1978 † (name verified source)
Fistulimurina Sokolov, 1947 † (verified source for family)
Fistulimurina Sokolov, 1947 † (current name source)
Flabellisclera Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Flabellisclera Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Fungispongia Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Fungispongia Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Gigantosclera Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Gigantosclera Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Gracilitubulus Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Gracilitubulus Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Guizhouchaetetes Yang, 1978 † (current name source)
Guizhouchaetetes Yang, 1978 † (verified source for family)
Lamottia Raymond, 1924 † (current name source)
Lamottiidae Sokolov, 1950 † (additional source)
Leiochaetetes Andri & Rossi, 1981 † (current name source)
Leiochaetetes Andri & Rossi, 1981 † (verified source for family)
Lichenaria Winchell & Schuchert, 1893 † (current name source)
Litophyllum Etheridge, 1899 † (verified source for family)
Lovcenipora Giattini, 1902 † (current name source)
Mirispongia Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Mirispongia Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Moskovia Sokolov, 1950 † (current name source)
Moskovia Sokolov, 1950 † (verified source for family)
Moskovia Sokolov, 1950 † (name verified source)
Nodulipora Lindström, 1873 † (current name source)
Nodulipora Lindström, 1873 † (verified source for family)
Pachythecopora Deng, 1982 † (current name source)
Pachythecopora Deng, 1982 † (verified source for family)
Pamirochaetetes Boiko, 1979 † (current name source)
Pamirochaetetes Boiko, 1979 † (name verified source)
Pamirochaetetes Boiko, 1979 † (verified source for family)
Parabauneia Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Parabauneia Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Planochaetetes Solov'eva, 1980 † (verified source for family)
Planochaetetes Solov'eva, 1980 † (current name source)
Porkunites Klaamann, 1966 † (current name source)
Porkunites Klaamann, 1966 † (verified source for family)
Preceratoporella Termier & Termier in Termier, Termier & Vachard, 1977 † (verified source for family)
Preceratoporella Termier & Termier in Termier, Termier & Vachard, 1977 † (current name source)
Pseudomillestroma Deng, 1982 † (verified source for family)
Pseudomillestroma Deng, 1982 † (current name source)
Schizolites Preobrazhenskiy, 1968 † (current name source)
Siphostroma Steiner, 1932 † (current name source)
Siphostroma Steiner, 1932 † (verified source for family)
Solenopora Dybowski, 1878 † (current name source)
Solenopora Dybowski, 1878 † (verified source for family)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (name verified source)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (habitat flag source)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (basis of record)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (verified source for family)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (extant flag source)
Spinochaetetes Kim in Yang, Kim & Chow, 1978 † (current name source)
Spongiothecopora Sokolov, 1939 † (current name source)
Spongiothecopora Sokolov, 1939 † (verified source for family)
Staphylopora Le Maître, 1956 † (current name source)
Staphylopora Le Maître, 1956 † (verified source for family)
Tiverina Sokolov & Tesakov, 1968 † (current name source)
Tiverinidae Hill, 1981 † (taxonomy source)
Tubulispongia Wu, 1991 † (current name source)
Tubulispongia Wu, 1991 † (verified source for family)
Zlambachella Flügel, 1961 † (name verified source)
Zlambachella Flügel, 1961 † (current name source)
Zlambachella Flügel, 1961 † (verified source for family)

 Taxonomic remark

 for Chaetetida

Hypercalcified demosponges with a chaetetid calcareous skeleton, previously of varied systematic assignment ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Desmidoporidae Preobrazhenskiy, 1968 †

Taxonomic placement and status unclear; listed in Benton and in the PaleoBiology DB (2023 version) as in Porifera ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Diplochaetetes Weissermel, 1913 †

Listed as Coelenterata in Nomen. Zool.; later as Porifera (chaetetid); per West, 2011, interpreted as fossil worm ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Guizhouchaetetes Yang, 1978 †

Misspelled "Guizouchaetetes" in Table 5, p. 8 of West, 2011, however correct spelling (Guizhouchaetetes) also in ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Lamottiidae Sokolov, 1950 †

Type genus, Lamottia, considered "most likely [a] tabulate coral" by West, 2011. [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Solenopora Dybowski, 1878 †

Originally described as a sponge; then assigned to the algae; Riding (2004) again considers it to be a sponge. The ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Staphylopora Le Maître, 1956 †

Listed elsewhere previously as a chaetetid (Porifera). Listed with question mark before genus name in West, 2011; ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Tiverinidae Hill, 1981 †

Taxonomic placement and status unclear; listed in Benton and in the PaleoBiology DB (2023 version) as in Porifera ... [details]