Kaliwatan sa banaog ang Ircinia cactiformis^[1]. Una ning gihulagway ni Rao ni adtong 1941.^[2] Ang Ircinia cactiformis sakop sa kahenera nga Ircinia, ug kabanay nga Irciniidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Indya
• Sri Lanka ug habagatang Indya

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 53394457. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Rao, H. S. (1941) Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt , Records of the Indian Museum. 43: 417-469
3. ↑ Van Soest R.W.M, Boury-Esnault N., Hooper J.N.A., Rützler K., de Voogd N.J., Alvarez B., Hajdu E., Pisera A.B., Manconi R., Schönberg C., Klautau M., Picton B., Kelly M., Vacelet J., Dohrmann M., Díaz M.-C., Cárdenas P., Carballo J. L., Ríos P. & Downey R. (2019). WoRMS Porifera: World Porifera database (version 2019-03-05). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.