Luffariella

Luffariella is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.[1]

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

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One of its species is one of the few organisms that synthesizes derivatives of cyclopentanepentol.[2][3][4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Luffariella:

  • Luffariella caliculata Bergquist, 1995
  • Luffariella cylindrica Bergquist, 1995
  • Luffariella geometrica Kirkpatrick, 1900
  • Luffariella herdmani (Dendy, 1905)
  • Luffariella koreana Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
  • Luffariella tubula Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017
  • Luffariella variabilis (Polejaeff, 1884)

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. V. Costantino, E. Fattorusso, and A. Mangoni (1993): Organic Chemistry, volume 58, pages 186–.
  3. Jun'Ichi Kobayashi, Chun-Min Zeng and Masami Ishibashi (1993): "Keruffaride, a new all-ciscyclopentanepentol-containing metabolite from the okinawan marine sponge luffariella sp.". Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, volume 1993, issue 1, pages 79–81. doi:10.1039/C39930000079
  4. 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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