Geodia exigua is a species of sponge that produces the sesquiterpene spiro compound exiguamide.[1] The species was first described by Johannes Thiele in 1898.[2] It is a marine organism known from Japan.[3]
| Geodia exigua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Tetractinellida |
| Family: | Geodiidae |
| Genus: | Geodia |
| Species: | G. exigua
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| Binomial name | |
| Geodia exigua Thiele, 1898
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References
edit- ^ Gary E. Martin; Antony J. Williams (2005). G. A. Webb (ed.). Long-Range 1H-15N Heteronuclear Shift Correlation. Vol. 55. Elsevier. p. 62. ISBN 0125054556.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ^ "Geodia exigua Thiele, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ^ "Geodia exigua Thiele, 1898". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
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