Aaptamine-rich Fraction from the Indonesian Marine Sponge, Aaptos suberitoides, Exhibits a Cytotoxic Effect on DLD-1 Colorectal Cancer Cells.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the cytotoxicity effect of the ethyl acetate extract of Aaptos suberitoides on colorectal cancer cells (DLD-1) and murine fibroblast cells (NIH-3T3).

Methods: A. suberitoides was collected from Putus Island, Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and was processed with maceration and ethyl acetate extraction.

Two new species of Fauchald, 1972 (Annelida: Capitellidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific region.

Fauchald, 1972 is a small genus of the polychaete family Capitellidae, including 10 described species worldwide. The genus is unusual in the Central Indo-Pacific, and there is no taxonomic record of in this region. In this study, two new species of are described and illustrated, namely sp.