The fatty acids of calcareous sponges (Calcarea, Porifera)

Add time:08/03/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

Twenty-nine specimens of calcareous sponges (Class Calcarea, Phylum Porifera), covering thirteen representative species of the families Soleneiscidae, Leucaltidae, Levinellidae, Leucettidae, Clathrinidae, Sycettidae, Grantiidae, Jenkinidae, and Heteropiidae were analysed for their fatty acids. The fatty acids of Calcarea generally comprise saturated and monounsaturated linear (n-), and terminally methylated (iso-, anteiso-) C14–C20 homologues. Furthermore, polyunsaturated C22 fatty acids and the isoprenoic 4,8,12-trimethyltridecanoic acid were found. The most prominent compounds are n-C16, iso-C17, iso-C18, n-C18, n-C20. In addition, a high abundance of the exotic 16-methyloctadecanoic acid (anteiso-C19) appears to be a characteristic trait of Calcarea. Long-chain ‘demospongic acids’, typically found in Demospongiae and Hexactinellida, are absent in Calcarea. The completely different strategy of calcarean fatty acid synthesis supports their phylogenetic distinctiveness from a common Demospongiae/Hexactinellida taxon. Both intraspecific and intraclass patterns of Calcarea showed great similarity, suggesting a conserved fatty acid composition that already existed in the last common ancestor of Calcinea and Calcaronea, i.e. before subclasses diverged.

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