Discodermia

<i>Discodermia</i>

Discodermia

Genus of sponges

Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.[1][2]

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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

Discodermins B-D

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

  1. [1]
    "Discodermia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 Sep 2020.
  2. [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 (3): 335–339. Bibcode:2008ISMEJ...2..335B. doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.91. PMID 18256706.
  3. [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.
  4. [4]
    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.


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