Family Theonellidae Phylum Porifera | Class Demospongiae Genus Discodermia Rank Species | |
Similar Theonella swinhoei, Eleutherobia, Cacospongia, Tectitethya crypta, Biemna | ||
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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