Family Spongolophophenidae Kozur and Mostler 1994 (radiolarian)
Parent taxon: Acanthodesmiacea according to P. De Wever et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acanthodesmiidae, Artostrobiidae, Bulbocyrtiidae, Cannobotryidae, Carpocaniidae, Cuniculiformidae, Monicastericidae, Planispinocyrtiidae, Pterocorythidae, Rotaformidae, Sethophormididae, Spongosilicarmigeridae, Stephaniidae, Theopiliidae, Triospyrididae
Subtaxa: Conospongocyrtis, Maudia, Spongolophophaena, Triassospongocyrtis
Type: Spongolophophaena
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore