selected references

• Schmidt, O. 1870: Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
• Dohrmann, M. et al. 2008: Phylogeny and evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Systematic biology, 57(3): 388–405. DOI: 10.1080/10635150802161088
• Dohrmann, M.; Collins, A.G.; Wörheide, G. 2009: New insights into the phylogeny of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida): monophyly of Lyssacinosida and Euplectellinae, and the phylogenetic position of Euretidae. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 52(1): 257–262. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.010

• Goodwin, C., Berman, J., Janussen, D., Göcke, C. & Hendry, K.R. 2016. Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean) with a description of three new species. Zootaxa 4126(2): 207–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.2 . Reference page. 

• Goodwin, C., Berman, J., Janussen, D., Göcke, C. & Hendry, K.R. 2016. CLAIRE E. GOODWIN, JADE BERMAN, DORTE JANUSSEN, CHRISTIAN GÖCKE & KATHARINE R. HENDRY (2016) Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean) with a description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4126 (2): 207–220. Zootaxa 4170(3): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.12 . Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Janussen, D.; Reiswig, H.M. 2009: Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Zootaxa, 2136: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt PDF

• Reiswig, H.M. & Araya, J.F. 2014. A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3889(3): 413–428. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.4 Reference page. 

• Reiswig, H.M. & Stone, R.P. 2013. New glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from deep waters of the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Zootaxa 3628(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3628.1.1 Reference page. 
• Tabachnick, K.R.; Janussen, D.; Menschenina, L.L. 2008: New Australian Hexactinellida (Porifera) with a revision of Euplectella aspergillum. Zootaxa, 1866: 7–68. PDF

Links

• Hexactinellida Report on ITIS
• Paleobiology Database
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Hexactinellida. Version 04 March 2008 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Hexactinellida/20436/2008.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
• van Soest, R. (2011). Hexactinellida. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22612 on 2011-10-30