Table 1.

Bioactive potential produced by higher taxa. NS is the number of species found in the discard; G1: species with bioactive potential, G2: genus that produces compounds with bioactive potential and G3: species and genus without demonstrated production of molecules with bioactive potential; %G1, %G2 and %G3 are the relative frequencies of groups G1, G2 and G3, respectively.

Taxa	NS	G1	G2	G3	% G1	% G2	% G3
Vertebrata	27	6	3	18	22.2	11.1	66.7
Tunichata	4	1	2	1	25	50	25
Cnidaria	5	1	1	3	20	20	60
Mollusca	7	1	1	5	14.3	14.3	71.4
Crustacea	10	0	2	8	0	20	80
Echinodermata	11	0	1	10	0	9.1	90.9
TOTAL	64	9	10	45	14.1	15.6	70.3