Discodermia

Discodermia is a genus of deep-water sea sponge.
Species.
The following species are accepted within "Discodermia":
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".