Luffariella Explained

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

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:

• 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

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Notes and 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.
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.