Discodermia

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

Discodermia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Theonellidae
Genus: Discodermia
du Bocage, 1869[1]
Synonyms
  • Collinella Schmidt, 1879
  • Desmahabana Alcolado & Gotera, 1986

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. "Discodermia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 Sep 2020.
  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. doi:10.1038/ismej.2007.91. PMID 18256706.
  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. 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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