Demospongea - Epipolasida - Heliospongiidae

Full reference: Z. Q. Deng. 1981. Upper Permian sponges from Laibin of Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(5):418-427

Belongs to Neoheliospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Matan Section ACT545, south bank, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian offshore limestone in the Dalong Formation of China

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder