(common name)
Luffariella idea
Order DICTYOCERATIDA
Family Thorectidae
Originally Described: (de Laubenfels 1932)
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Habitat: Central California; littoral
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Photographer: Henry Reswig
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Photo ID: [H3-KER]
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Notes: [Spongia, Leiosella]. [Leiosella idia (de Laubenfels, 1932)] [The combined characters of: absence of dermal armor; primary but not secondary fibers filled with foreign material; and a tertiary fiber skeleton fit the diagnosis for the genus Luffariella.]
ref: Cook & Berg. 2000 “Cacospongia”