Cladiella krempfi
| Cladiella krempfi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Malacalcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Cladiella |
| Species: | C. krempfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladiella krempfi | |
Cladiella krempfi is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It occurs in the western Indo-Pacific region and was first described by the British zoologist Sydney John Hickson in 1919.
Secondary metabolites
Four unusual diterpene compounds with novel pyran rings have been identified from this coral. These polyoxygenated diterpenoids also accumulate in the tissues of the nudibranch Tritoniopsis elegans, which feeds on Cladiella krempfi.[2]
References
- ^ van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Cladiella krempfi (Hickson, 1919)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Cai, You-Sheng; Yao, Li-Gong; Di Pascale, Antonio; Irace, Carlo; Mollo, Ernesto; Taglialatela-Scafati, Orazio; Guo, Yue-Wei (2013). "Polyoxygenated diterpenoids of the eunicellin-type from the Chinese soft coral Cladiella krempfi". Tetrahedron. 69 (9): 2214–2219. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2012.12.051.