Abstract
The isoprenoid fatty acid, 4,8,12-trimethyltridecanoic (1), was found to be a major constituent of the phospholipids of the marine sponges Anthosigmella varians and Spheciospongia vesparium (family Spirastrellidae) as well as of Cliona aprica (family Clionidae). These preliminary results tend to indicate that the latter acid could be useful in the systematics of the Spirastrellidae and Clionidae. These sponges have also been shown to contain, as their principal sterols, the Δ5-unsaturated clionasterol and cholesterol. The hitherto undescribed lipid composition of the marine sponge Cliona aprica is reported.
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