Luffariella

Luffariella
Luffariella geometrica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Dictyoceratida
Family: Thorectidae
Subfamily: Thorectinae
Genus: Luffariella
Thiele, 1899
Species

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Luffariella is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae. Its first valid description was given in 1899 by Johannes Thiele.

One of its species is one of the few organisms that synthesizes derivatives of cyclopentanepentol.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Luffariella:

References

  1. ↑ R. W. M. Van Soest, N. Boury-Esnault, J. N. A. Hooper, K. Rützler, N. J. de Voogd, B. Alvarez, E. Hajdu, A. B. Pisera, J. Vacelet, R. Manconi, C. Schoenberg, D. Janussen, K. R. Tabachnick, and M. Klautau (2008). World Porifera database. Accessed on 2019-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Genus Luffariella Thiele, 1899". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  3. ↑ Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5
  4. ↑ V. Costantino, E. Fattorusso, and A. Mangoni (1993): Organic Chemistry, volume 58, pages 186–.
  5. ↑ Jun'Ichi Kobayashi; Chun-Min Zeng; Masami Ishibashi (1993). "Keruffaride, a new all-ciscyclopentanepentol-containing metabolite from the okinawan marine sponge luffariella sp". Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical communications (1): 79. doi:10.1039/c39930000079. Wikidata Q136537236. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Jun'Ichi Kobayashi, Chun-Min Zeng, Masami Ishibashi (help)
  6. ↑ Masami Ishibashi, Chun-min Zeng, Jun'ichi Kobayashi (1993): "Keruffaride: Structure Revision and Isolation from Plural Genera of Okinawan Marine Sponges". Journal of Natural Products, volume 56, issue 10, pages 1856-1860. doi:10.1021/np50100a033