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Rhabdastrella globostellata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Ancorinidae

Genus
  
Rhabdastrella

Order
  
Astrophorida

Class
  
Demospongiae

Phylum
  
Porifera

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Astrophorida, Geodia, Cinachyrella, Poribacteria, Biemna

Rhabdastrella globostellata, also known as yellow pot sponge, is a marine sponge of the order Astrophorida. It is native to many regions of the Indian Ocean including the shores of Madagascar, the Seychelles, and Australia as well as the Malayan Peninsula and Singapore. It was first described by Henry J. Carter as Stelleta globostellata in 1883, named after the globostellate shape of its spicules (Latin globus meaning "sphere" and stellātus meaning "star-shaped").

R. globostellata has been shown to produce a wide variety of isomalabaricanes, a type of triterpene molecules with notable cytotoxic activity towards certain cancer cell lines.

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Rhabdastrella globostellata Wikipedia