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Todos los organismos han desarrollado evolutivamente mecanismos que les permiten defenderse de otros, garantizar su permanencia temporalmente y evitar el ataque de depredadores. Uno de estos mecanismos es la defensa química, mediante la cual los depredadores potenciales de los organismos son disuadidos de consumir su presa. En este estudio se evaluó la capacidad disuasora de los extractos orgánicos crudos de quince esponjas marinas del Caribe colombiano, sobre el pez arrecifal generalista Stegastes partitus. Se encontró que el extracto de Cribrochalina infundibulum actuó como un atrayente para estos depredadores potenciales, mientras que sólo los extractos de las esponjas Dragmacidon reticulata, Petromica cyocaliptoides, Neopetrosia proxima, Myrmekioderma gyroderma y Biemna cribaria fueron disuasores; además, se observó que esas tres últimas esponjas también cuentan con aparentes defensas físicas, indicando que la presencia de mecanismos de defensa químicos y físicos no son necesariamente excluyentes. Evaluation of the feeding deterrent potential of crude organic extracts from fifteen marine sponges. Organisms have developed diverse mechanisms during their evolution, to defend themselves from predators and competitors, in order to ensure temporal permanence. One of these mechanisms is chemical defense. Chemical substances are used by some organisms to deter potential predators from devouring them. This paper evaluates the efficacy of the organic crude extracts of fifteen different marine sponges from the Colombian Caribbean to deter a potential predator, the generalist reef fish Stegastes partitus. It was found that Cribrochalina infundibulum extract acted as a feedingattractant to this particular predator, while only the extracts from Dragmacidon reticulata, Petromica cyocaliptoides, Neopetrosia proxima, Myrmekioderma gyroderma and Biemna cribaria were feeding deterrants; it was also observed that the latter three also presented apparent physical defenses, showing that chemical and physical defenses are not necessarily excluding. INVEMAR Published Feeding deterrence; Crude organic extract; Marine sponges

The effect of sowing density and water salinity on biomass production, growth and sexual maturity of Colombian Artemia strains, was examined. In the laboratory, it was found that (P

The determination of antimitotic activity of organic extracts from marine organisms generates expectations on the isolation of substances with potential anticancer activity. The antimitotic activity of crude organic extracts from 15 marine sponges from the Colombian Caribbean coast were tested in vitro against embryos of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus. 80% of the species evaluated (Spirastrella coccinea, Myrmekioderma rea, Iotrochota imminuta, Halichondria sp., Petromica ciocalyptoides, Cinachyrella kuekenthali, Biemna cribaria, Oceanapia peltata, Xestospongia proxima, Oceanapia bartschi, Polymastia tenax y Dragmacidon reticulata) showed significant levels of inhibiting activity on the mitotic divisions at the first cellular phase of fertilized eggs. The extracts from Halichondria sp., P. ciocalyptoides and Xestospongia proxima disintegrate the cellular nuclei instantly. Extracts from Cribrochalina infundibulum showed an intermediate level of activity, while extracts from Desmapsamma anchorata and Myrmekioderma gyroderma showed no activity.