Perophora namei

Perophora namei
Perophora namei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Ascidiacea
Order: Enterogona
Suborder: Phlebobranchia
Family: Perophoridae
Genus: Perophora
Species: P. namei
Binomial name
Perophora namei
Hartmeyer and Michaelsen, 1928

Perophora namei is a sea squirt species in the genus Perophora found in Central Indo-Pacific.

P. namei produces the alkaloid perophoramidine.[1]

References

  1. ^ Isolation, Structure Determination, and Biological Activity of a Novel Alkaloid, Perophoramidine, from the Philippine Ascidian Perophora namei. Sheryl M. Verbitski, Charles L. Mayne, Rohan A. Davis, Gisela P. Concepcion and Chris M. Ireland, J. Org. Chem., 2002, 67 (20), pages 7124–7126, doi:10.1021/jo026012f

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