Secondary metabolome and its defensive role in the aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum, (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia)

• Alexander Bogdanov,
• Cora Hertzer,
• Stefan Kehraus,
• Samuel Nietzer,
• Sven Rohde,
• Peter J. Schupp,
• Heike Wägele and
• Gabriele M. König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 502–519, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.50

• -Ossietzki University Oldenburg, Schleusenstraße 1, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.13.50 Abstract Phyllodesmium longicirrum is the largest aeolidoidean species known to date, and extremely rich in terpenoid

• -oxochatancin (16). Determining the metabolome of P. longicirrum and its bioactivity, makes it evident that this seemingly vulnerable soft bodied animal is well protected from fish by its chemical arsenal. Keywords: chemical defense; chemoecology; natural compounds; Nudibranchia; Phyllodesmium longicirrum