†order Permosphincta Termier and Termier 1974 (demosponge)
Parent taxon: Demospongia according to J.-S. Fan et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Aplysinofibra, Astrophorida, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Choristida, Clavulina, Coniculospongia, Consinocodium, Dictyoceratida, Epipolasida, Ginkgospongia, Guadalupiida, Haplosclerida, Homoscleromorpha, Ichnospongia, Incrustospongia, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Lithistida, Metschnikowia, Offella, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Poecilosclerida, Protohyalostelia, Protomonaxonida, Reniera, Riasanospongia, Sphaeriella, Tabasiidae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinomorpha, Trichospongia, Verongiida, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Deningeriidae, Phragmocoeliidae, Porata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder