Discodermia

Discodermia
	Discodermia ramifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Theonellidae
Genus:	Discodermia; du Bocage, 1869
Synonyms
	Collinella Schmidt, 1879; Desmahabana Alcolado & Gotera, 1986;

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 18256706.335-339&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:pmid/18256706&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/ismej.2007.91&rft_id=info:bibcode/2008ISMEJ...2..335B&rft.aulast=Brück&rft.aufirst=WM&rft.au=Sennett, SH&rft.au=Pomponi, SA&rft.au=Willenz, P&rft.au=McCarthy, PJ&rft_id=http://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A5984&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">
^ 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 18690825.603-617&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:doi/10.2174/187152008785133074&rft_id=info:pmid/18690825&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=R&rft.au=Sharma, M&rft.au=Joshi, P&rft.au=Rawat, DS&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">
^ 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 23976702.1320-34&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:23976702#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/20065108&rft_id=info:doi/10.1096/fj.09-143388&rft.aulast=Otero-González&rft.aufirst=AJ&rft.au=Magalhaes, BS&rft.au=Garcia-Villarino, M&rft.au=Lopez-Abarrategui, C&rft.au=Sousa, DA&rft.au=Dias, SC&rft.au=Franco, OL&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1096%2Ffj.09-143388&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">

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[WoRMS-1] "Discodermia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 Sep 2020.

[WSS2008-2] 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 18256706.335-339&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:pmid/18256706&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/ismej.2007.91&rft_id=info:bibcode/2008ISMEJ...2..335B&rft.aulast=Brück&rft.aufirst=WM&rft.au=Sennett, SH&rft.au=Pomponi, SA&rft.au=Willenz, P&rft.au=McCarthy, PJ&rft_id=http://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A5984&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">

[RMP2008-3] 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 18690825.603-617&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info:doi/10.2174/187152008785133074&rft_id=info:pmid/18690825&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=R&rft.au=Sharma, M&rft.au=Joshi, P&rft.au=Rawat, DS&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">

[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 23976702.1320-34&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:23976702#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/20065108&rft_id=info:doi/10.1096/fj.09-143388&rft.aulast=Otero-González&rft.aufirst=AJ&rft.au=Magalhaes, BS&rft.au=Garcia-Villarino, M&rft.au=Lopez-Abarrategui, C&rft.au=Sousa, DA&rft.au=Dias, SC&rft.au=Franco, OL&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1096%2Ffj.09-143388&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Discodermia" class="Z3988">

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