Localities of sponge specimens, museum voucher numbers, GB and ENA accession numbers used in this study.

<p>New sequences from this study are highlighted in bold.</p><p>*Fragment of holotype.</p><p>Abbreviations:</p><p>ZMA POR: Zoölogisch Museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.</p><p>QMG: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia.</p><p>WAM: West Australian Museum.</p><p>ZMB Por: Museum for Natural History Humboldt Universität.</p><p>Mc: National Museums, Northern Ireland, Holywood.</p><p>UCMPW: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA.</p><p>GW: Molecular Paleo- & Geobiology Munich, Germany.</p><p>ZMBN: Zoologisk Museum Bergen.</p><p>S/SAM: South Australian Museum, Adelaide.</p><p>MNHN: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</p><p>TAU: Steinhardt National Collection of Natural History, Zoological Museum at Tel Aviv University, Israel.</p><p>DH: Lab collections of Amir Szitenberg, Department of Zoology, Israel.</p><p>NIWA: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand.</p><p>Localities of sponge specimens, museum voucher numbers, GB and ENA accession numbers used in this study.