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Genus of sponges From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.[1][2]
Discodermia | |
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Discodermia ramifera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Tetractinellida |
Family: | Theonellidae |
Genus: | Discodermia du Bocage, 1869[1] |
Synonyms | |
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The following species are accepted within Discodermia:[1]
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]
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