Luffariella is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ...

s in the family

Thorectidae Thorectidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that m ...

. 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 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'': *'' ...

'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 *'' Luffariella tubula'' Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017 *''

Luffariella variabilis Luffariella is a genus of sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and cha ...

'' (Polejaeff, 1884)

References

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
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