Discodermia

The following species are accepted within Discodermia: • 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. Antimicrobial/anticancer peptides called discodermins have been isolated from D. kiiensis. == References ==