Clathrinida is a well-known non-monophyletic order under the class of calcarea, and was first named in 1958 by Willard D Hartman based on corticalization (body cortex)[5].

One of the most famous species of Clathrinida is lemon sponge, featuring a bright yellow color and a slightly elongated-globular growth form [7].

For obvious physical characteristics, the Clathrinida comes in several colors such as white, red, yellow, or pink and are all relatively small measuring up to a few centimeters [1].

Through this process, radial organization is established with the central tube taking the job of the digestive system releasing excretory products [6].

Due to their structure, Clathrinidae are able to filter a large mass of ocean water and therefore eat small organisms such as detritus, picoplankton, and heterotrophic bacteria.

Because the sponges are sedimentary, they are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, commercial fishing, oil exploitation, and other human activities.

As they can survive in a broad range of conditions, their permeability does not limit the reaches of Clathrinidia, but concentrates species in their preferred habitat of warmer, shallow regions of the seas [4].

Several taxonomists struggled for another 70 years, and divided calcareous sponges into two subclasses based on cytological and skeletal traits: Calcinea and Calcaronea.

[4] In 1958, Hartman proposed the order Clathrinida and Leucettida under subclass Calcinea, taking body cortex as the key character.

[4] In 2013, Klautau and his team proposed that skeleton and body anastomosis are the most valid characters when assigning the taxonomy for Clathrinida.