Discodermia
Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.
Species
The following species are accepted within Discodermia:Discodermia adhaerens Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014Discodermia arbor Carvalho & Xavier, 2020Discodermia aspera Carter, 1880Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884Discodermia claviformis Kieschnick, 1896Discodermia discifera Discodermia discifurca Sollas, 1888Discodermia dissoluta Schmidt, 1880Discodermia dubia Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905Discodermia gorgonoides Burton, 1928Discodermia inscripta Discodermia interspersa Kumar, 1925Discodermia irregularis Hoshino, 1976Discodermia japonica Döderlein, 1884Discodermia jogashima Tanita & Hoshino, 1989Discodermia kellyae Carvalho & Xavier, 2020Discodermia kiiensis Hoshino, 1977Discodermia koreana Sim, 1982Discodermia laevidiscus Carter, 1880Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903Discodermia ornata Sollas, 1888Discodermia panoplia Sollas, 1888Discodermia papillata Carter, 1880Discodermia polydiscus Discodermia polymorpha Pisera & Vacelet, 2011Discodermia proliferans Lévi & Lévi, 1983Discodermia ramifera Topsent, 1892Discodermia sinuosa Carter, 1881Discodermia stylifera Keller, 1891Discodermia tuberosa Dendy, 1922Discodermia vermicularis Döderlein, 1884Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928Pharmacology
[image:Discodermin B-D.png|thumb|Discodermins B-D]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.