{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Luffariella geometrica.jpg | image_caption = ''Luffariella geometrica'' | taxon = Luffariella | authority = Thiele, 1899 | subdivision = see text }}
'''Luffariella''' is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.<ref name=soest2008/> Its first valid description was given in 1899 by Johannes Thiele.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genus ''Luffariella'' Thiele, 1899 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Luffariella |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}}</ref><ref>Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. ''Zoologica (New York)'' '''24''': 1-33 pls 1-5</ref>
One of its species is one of the few organisms that synthesizes derivatives of cyclopentanepentol.<ref name=const1993/><ref name=koba1993/><ref name=ishi1993/>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Luffariella'': *''Luffariella caliculata'' <small>Bergquist, 1995</small> *''Luffariella cylindrica'' <small>Bergquist, 1995</small> *''Luffariella geometrica'' <small>Kirkpatrick, 1900</small> *''Luffariella herdmani'' <small>(Dendy, 1905)</small> *''Luffariella koreana'' <small>Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017</small> *''Luffariella tubula'' <small>Sim, Lee & Kim, 2017</small> *''Luffariella variabilis'' <small>(Polejaeff, 1884)</small>
==References==
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<ref name=soest2008>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). ''[http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera World Porifera database]''. Accessed on 2019-07-23.</ref>
<ref name=const1993>V. Costantino, E. Fattorusso, and A. Mangoni (1993): ''Organic Chemistry'', volume 58, pages 186–.</ref>
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<ref name=ishi1993>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}}</ref>
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Category:Thorectidae Category:Sponge genera Category:Animals described in 1899 Category:Taxa named by Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
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