Luffariella

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Luffariella
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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. [1] Its first valid description was given in 1899 by Johannes Thiele. [2] [3]

One of its species is one of the few organisms that synthesizes derivatives of cyclopentanepentol. [4] [5] [6]

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. ISSN   0022-4936. Wikidata   Q136537236.
  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


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