†family Cryptolichenariidae Sokolov 1959 (chaetetid sponge)
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Cryptolichenariidae
Parent taxon: Chaetetida according to D. Hill 1981
See also Klaamann 1966
Sister taxa: Cambrophyllum, Chaetetidae, Conochaetetes, Desmidoporidae, Favosichaetetidae, Magnicanalifera, Obscurospongia, Tiverinidae
Subtaxa: Amsassia Cryptolichenaria Porkunites
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut), China (7), Estonia (3), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences