Table 1: Well-known galaxy sample.
Name References^a

Normal galaxies ( $10^{9}~ L_\odot <{L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}}^{b}<10^{11}~L_\odot$ )

M 63 1

M 66 1

M 82 1

M 83 1

NGC 891 1

NGC 3079 1

NGC 4418 1

NGC 7714 1

IR luminous galaxies ( $L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}> 10^{11}L_\odot$ )

NGC 2623 1, 2

NGC 7679 1, 2

UGC 2982 1, 2

UGC 8387 1, 2

Arp 220 1, 3

IRAS F10214+4724 1, 4

Dwarf galaxies ( $L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}< 10^{9}L_\odot$ )

NGC 1569 1, 5

II Zw 40^c 1, 6

SBS 0335-052^c 1, 7, 8

^a
References: 1. NED, 2. Dunne & Eales (2001); 3. Downes et al. (1993); 4. Downes et al. (1992); 5. Galliano et al. (2003); 6. Madden (2000); 7. Dale et al. (2001b); 8. Houck et al. (2004).
^b
Total IR luminosity $L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}$ is calculated by integrating over the wavelength range of $\lambda = 8\mbox{--}1000~\mu$ m.
^c
The longest wavelength flux densities are calculated by an extrapolation using the model of Takeuchi et al. (2003a).

**Table 1:** Well-known galaxy sample.
Name	References^a
Normal galaxies ( $10^{9}~ L_\odot <{L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}}^{b}<10^{11}~L_\odot$ )
M 63	1
M 66	1
M 82	1
M 83	1
NGC 891	1
NGC 3079	1
NGC 4418	1
NGC 7714	1
IR luminous galaxies ( $L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}> 10^{11}L_\odot$ )
NGC 2623	1, 2
NGC 7679	1, 2
UGC 2982	1, 2
UGC 8387	1, 2
Arp 220	1, 3
IRAS F10214+4724	1, 4
Dwarf galaxies ( $L_{\rm IR}^{\rm total}< 10^{9}L_\odot$ )
NGC 1569	1, 5
II Zw 40^c	1, 6
SBS 0335-052^c	1, 7, 8

	1 Introduction
	2 Performance of the estimators for the total IR luminosity
	3 Statistical analysis of the IRAS sample
	4 Discussion
	5 Summary and conclusion
	References
	Online Material
	Appendix A: SED of our well-known galaxy sample
	Appendix B: Regression analysis