Discodermia dissoluta
| Discodermia dissoluta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Tetractinellida |
| Family: | Theonellidae |
| Genus: | Discodermia |
| Species: | D. dissoluta |
| Binomial name | |
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Discodermia dissoluta (Schmidt, 1880) |
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Discodermia dissoluta is a deep-water marine sponge found in the Eastern, Southern, and Southwestern Caribbean, and in the Greater Antilles.
D. dissoluta is of interest from a drug discovery perspective because it produces (+)-discodermolide, a polyketide natural product with immunosuppressive and antiproliferative properties.
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