{{Short description|Species of sponge}} {{Speciesbox | image = Stylissa massa imported from iNaturalist photo 362528480 on 2 July 2024.jpg |image_caption = ''Stylissa massa'' (orange), photographed off Bohol, Philippines (2024) | taxon = Stylissa massa | authority = (Carter, 1887) | synonyms = }}
'''''Stylissa massa''''' is a species of sponge that was first described by H.J. Carter 1887.<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS|title=Stylissa massa|id=165711|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref> Several bioactive compounds have been isolated from this species, including palau'amine,<ref name="pmid22569832">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rohde S, Gochfeld DJ, Ankisetty S, Avula B, Schupp PJ, Slattery M |title=Spatial variability in secondary metabolites of the indo-pacific sponge Stylissa massa |journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology |volume=38 |issue=5 |pages=463–75 |date=May 2012 |pmid=22569832 |doi=10.1007/s10886-012-0124-8|bibcode=2012JCEco..38..463R }}</ref> stylissatin A,<ref name="pmid32439989">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhang M, Sunaba T, Sun Y, Shibata T, Sasaki K, Isoda H, Kigoshi H, Kita M |title=Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase long chain (ACADL) is a target protein of stylissatin A, an anti-inflammatory cyclic heptapeptide |journal=The Journal of Antibiotics |volume=73 |issue=8 |pages=589–592 |date=August 2020 |pmid=32439989 |doi=10.1038/s41429-020-0322-5 |quote=Stylissatin A (SA) is a cyclic heptapeptide isolated from the marine sponge Stylissa massa.|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="pmid35523075">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ullah A, Shams S, Khan AI, Ahmad A, Jabeen A, Shaheen F |title=Discovery of stylissatin A analogs exhibiting potent nitric oxide inhibition |journal=Bioorganic Chemistry |volume=124 |issue= |article-number=105841 |date=July 2022 |pmid=35523075 |doi=10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105841}}</ref> and the USP7 inhibitor Spongiacidin C.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Yamaguchi M, Miyazaki M, Kodrasov MP, etal |title=Spongiacidin C, a pyrrole alkaloid from the marine sponge Stylissa massa, functions as a USP7 inhibitor |journal=Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters |volume=23 |issue=13 |pages=3884–6 | date=July 2013 |pmid=23684893 |doi=10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.04.066|url=https://kumadai.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/31915/files/0960-894Xv23_3884-3886.pdf }}</ref>
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Category:Heteroscleromorpha Category:Sponges described in 1887
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