Belongs within: Heteroscleromorpha.
The Chalinidae are a family of sponges in which the ectosomal skeleton is typically a unispicular reticulation, and the choanosomal skeleton has uni-, pauci- or multispicular primary fibres or tracts and unispicular interconnecting fibres or tracts.
<==Chalinidae [Chalininae, Gelliinae, Renieridae, Renierinae]
|--AcervochalinaMC94
|--DendroxeaMC94
|--Chalinodendron exiguumK96
|--RenieraK96
| |--R. aquaeductusPP64
| `--R. crateraK96
|--Protoschmidtia Czerniavsky 1878BJ06
| |--P. expansa Thiele 1903BJ06
| | |--P. e. expansaBJ06
| | `--P. e. aruensis Hentschel 1912BJ06
| `--P. pulvillus Thiele 1903BJ06
|--Chalinula confusa (Dendy 1922)FS14
`--Haliclona Grant 1836BJ06
| i. s.: H. angulataMC94
| H. aquaeductaMC94
| H. arenataMC94
| H. fistulosaMC94
| H. innominata (Kirkpatrick 1900) [=Reniera innominata]JG19
| H. irregularis (Czerniavsky 1880)JG19
| H. ‘irregularis’ (Kirkpatrix 1900) nec (Czerniavsky 1880) nec Gellius irregularis Kieschnick 1896JG19
| H. ‘irregularis’ (Brøndsted 1924) nec (Czerniavsky 1880) nec Gellius irregularis Kieschnick 1896 nec (Kirkpatrick 1900)JG19
| H. koremella de Laubenfels 1954FV09
| H. limbata (Meewis 1939)B-EE09
| H. oculataF79
| H. permollisF79
| H. roseaMC94
| H. simulansPP64
| H. ventilabra Koltun 1959F79
| H. viola Hoshino 1981FS14
| H. xenaMC94
`--H. (Gellius Gray 1867)BJ06
|--H. (G.) amboinensis (Lévi 1961)FS14
|--‘Gellius’ couchi (Bowerbank 1874)BJ06
|--H. (G.) cymaeformis (Esper 1794)FS14
|--‘Gellius’ forcipatus Thiele 1903BJ06
|--‘Gellius’ incrustans Hentschel 1912BJ06
|--‘Gellius’ irregularis Kieschnick 1896 non Haliclona irregularis (Czerniavsky 1880)K96
|--‘Gellius’ ridleyi Hentschel 1912BJ06
|--‘Gellius’ toxotes Hentschel 1912BJ06
`--‘Gellius’ truncatus Kieschnick 1896K96
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BJ06] Barnich, R., & D. Janussen. 2006. Die Typen und Typoide des Naturmuseums Senckenberg, Nr. 86. Type catalogue of the Porifera in the collections of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Senckenbergiana Biologica 86 (2): 127–144.
[FS14] Fromont, J., & A. Sampey. 2014. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: sponges (Porifera). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 69–100.
[FV09] Fromont, J., & M. A. Vanderklift. 2009. Porifera (sponges) of Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 89–103.
[F79] Fry, W. G. 1979. Taxonomy, the individual and the sponge. In: Larwood, G., & B. R. Rosen (eds) Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms pp. 49–80. Academic Press: London.
[JG19] James, D. J., P. T. Green, W. F. Humphreys & J. C. Z. Woinarski. 2019. Endemic species of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34 (2): 55–114.
[K96] Kieschnick, O. 1896. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 526–534.
[MC94] Morrone, J. J., & J. M. Carpenter. 1994. In search of a method for cladistic biogeography: An empirical comparison of component analysis, Brooks parsimony analysis, and three-area statements. Cladistics 10: 99–153.
[PP64] Peres, J. M., & J. Picard. 1964. Nouveau manuel de bionomie benthique de la mer Mediterranee. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d’Endoume, Bulletin 31 (27): 5–137.