Figure 2

Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae, from subclasses to families. Relationships between the different taxa is deduced from all molecular phylogenetic studies published so far (as of November 2014). Coloured names correspond to the same colour code used in Figure 1. Only the authorships of new taxa or resurrected taxa since the publication of the Systema Porifera (2002) are given. An asterisk (*) is placed next to all order and family names suspected to be non-monophyletic, based on molecular phylogenetic results (see text for references).