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. 2010 Sep 7;158(1):9–20. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1538-x

Table 2.

Major fatty acids present in the diatom used for feeding and the sponges used

Fatty acid Mass% in Skeletonema costatum (diatom) Mass% in Haliclona oculata (sponge) Mass% in Dysidea avara (sponge)
C14:0 15.72 0.28 0.60
iC16:0 3.21 0.55 1.32
C16:3ω4 7.76 0.05 0.79
C16:1ω7c 26.64 1.61 0.93
C16:0 15.18 3.08 2.84
iC17:0 0.52 1.19
aiC17:0 0.51 1.17
C18:4ω3 3.83 0.24 1.20
C18:1w7 0.38 2.40 2.90
C20:4w6 2.11 3.00
C20:5ω3 6.55 2.30 1.47
C20:1(13) 0.11 5.27
C22:6w3 1.51 6.41 3.49
C22:1(15) 0.41   8.21
aiC23:0   5.69
C24:1(17) 2.53 2.19
C25:2(5,9) 2.98
C26:3(5,9,19) 5.66 9.51
C26:2(5,9) 10.18 6.68
C28:3(5,9,21) 11.41
Campesterol 17.15