Rhabdastrella globostellata, also known as the 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[2] as well as the Malayan Peninsula and Singapore.[3] 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").[1]
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.[4][5]
Further reading
- Swee Cheng Lim; Nicole de Voogd; Koh Siang Tan (2008). A guide to sponges of Singapore. Singapore: Singapore Science Centre. ISBN 978-981-08-1880-7.
References
- ^ a b Carter, Henry John (May 1883). "Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida.—Pachytragida". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5. 11 (65). Taylor & Francis: 344–369.
- ^ van Soest, R. "Rhabdastrella globostellata". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ Tan R. "Yellow pot sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata". wildsingapore.com. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ Tasdemir D, Mangalindan GC, Concepción GP, Verbitski SM, Rabindran S, Miranda M, Greenstein M, Hooper JN, Harper MK, Ireland CM (February 2002). "Bioactive isomalabaricane triterpenes from the marine sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata". Journal of Natural Products. 65 (2): 210–214. doi:10.1021/np0104020. PMID 11858759.
- ^ Fouad M, Edrada RA, Ebel R, Wray V, Müller WE, Lin WH, Proksch P (February 2006). "Cytotoxic isomalabaricane triterpenes from the marine sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata". Journal of Natural Products. 69 (2): 211–218. doi:10.1021/np050346t. PMID 16499318.
