Discodermia
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| Discodermia ramifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Tetractinellida |
| Family: | Theonellidae |
| Genus: | du Bocage, 1869[1] |
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Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.[1][2]
Species
The following species are accepted within Discodermia:[1]
- Discodermia adhaerens Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
- Discodermia arbor Carvalho & Xavier, 2020
- Discodermia aspera Carter, 1880
- Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884
- Discodermia claviformis Kieschnick, 1896
- Discodermia discifera (Lendenfeld, 1907)
- Discodermia discifurca Sollas, 1888
- Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880
- Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971
- Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905
- Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928
- Discodermia inscripta (Schmidt, 1879)
- Discodermia interspersa Kumar, 1925
- Discodermia irregularis Hoshino, 1976
- Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884
- Discodermia jogashima Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
- Discodermia kellyae Carvalho & Xavier, 2020
- Discodermia kiiensis Hoshino, 1977
- Discodermia koreana Sim, 1982
- Discodermia laevidiscus Carter, 1880
- Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903
- Discodermia ornata Sollas, 1888
- Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888
- Discodermia papillata Carter, 1880
- Discodermia polydiscus (Bowerbank, 1869)
- Discodermia polymorpha Pisera & Vacelet, 2011
- Discodermia proliferans Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Discodermia ramifera Topsent, 1892
- Discodermia sinuosa Carter, 1881
- Discodermia stylifera Keller, 1891
- Discodermia tuberosa Dendy, 1922
- Discodermia vermicularis Döderlein, 1884
- Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928
Pharmacology
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]
Antimicrobial/anticancer peptides called discodermins have been isolated from D. kiiensis.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Discodermia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 Sep 2020.
- ^ 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 (3): 335–339. Bibcode:2008ISMEJ...2..335B. doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.91. PMID 18256706.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Otero-González, AJ; Magalhaes, BS; Garcia-Villarino, M; Lopez-Abarrategui, C; Sousa, DA; Dias, SC; Franco, OL (2010). "Antimicrobial peptides from marine invertebrates as a new frontier for microbial infection control". FASEB Journal. 24 (5): 1320–34. doi:10.1096/fj.09-143388. PMID 20065108. S2CID 23976702.