†Haynespongia Rigby 1981 (glass sponge)
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1981. The sponge fauna of the Eocene Castle Hayne Limestone from east-central North Carolina. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(4):123-144
Parent taxon: Cribrospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby 1981
Sister taxa: Andreaea, Cribrospongia, Erineum, Feifelia, Gevreya, Guettardiscyphia, Keuppiella, Nelumbifolium, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Stichmaptyx, Tesselospongia, Tremaphorus
Subtaxa: Haynespongia vokesae
Type: Haynespongia vokesae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder