Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.

[1][2] The following species are accepted within Discodermia:[1] D. dissoluta is of interest to bio and organic chemists because it produces (+)-discodermolide, a polyketide natural product with immunosuppressive and cancer killing properties.

[3] Antimicrobial/anticancer peptides called discodermins have been isolated from D.

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