Discodermia dissoluta

Discodermia dissoluta is a deep-water sea sponge found in the Eastern, Southern, and Southwestern Caribbean, and in the Greater Antilles.[1][2]

Discodermia dissoluta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Theonellidae
Genus: Discodermia
Species:
D. dissoluta
Binomial name
Discodermia dissoluta
(Schmidt, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Desmahabana violacea Alcolado & Gotera, 1986

D. dissoluta is of interest to bio and organic chemists because it produces (+)-discodermolide, a polyketide natural product with immunosuppressive and cancer killing properties.[3]

References

  1. "Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880". WoRMS. 2015. Retrieved 6 Feb 2016.
  2. Brück WM, Sennett SH, Pomponi SA, Willenz P, McCarthy PJ (2008). "Identification of the bacterial symbiont Entotheonella sp. in the mesohyl of the marine sponge Discodermia sp". The ISME Journal. 2: 335–339. doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.91.
  3. Singh R, Sharma M, Joshi P, Rawat DS (2008). "Clinical status of anti-cancer agents derived from marine sources". Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 8 (6): 603–617. doi:10.2174/187152008785133074. PMID 18690825.


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