Research Article

Environmentally Friendly Antifouling Metabolites from Red Sea Organisms

Table 1

Antifouling activity of the promising marine organisms.

Sample no.ClassesName of speciesSettlement rate1Mortality2

SH-03SpongesSiphonochalina siphonella00
SH-07Hyrtios erectus290
SH-26Halichlona sp. 2150
SH-29Hyrtios sp.040
SH-36Dysideid sponge936
SH-40Callyspongia sp.1210
SH-41Callyspongia sp.2916
SH-04Soft coralsSinularia polydactyla400
SH-11Cespitularia sp.00
SH-13Sarcophyton trocheliophorum00
SH-21Sarcophyton glaucum04
SH-23Dendronephytia sp.250
SH-24Sinularia leptoclades70
SH-54Sinularia sp. 1230
SH-55Sinularia sp. 200
SH-56Lobophyton sp.190
SH-58Soft coral K220
SH-60Dendronephytia180
SH-61Sponge N160
SH-62Strenophyta240
SH-35Sea firsSertularia sp.92
SH-42TunicatesAscidian sp.280
SH-46CyanobacteriaSymploca sp.188
SH-47Blue-green algae90
SH-48Blue-green algae290
SH-49Blue-green algae049
SH-50Blue-green algae2067
SH-52Blue-green algae2125
SH-65Blue-green algae 60
SH-66Blue-green algae 918
SH-67Blue-green algae 1979
SH-34AlgaeHalimeda tuna1215
SH-37Laurencia sp.2517
Control3922

1% settlement rates: 48 hr exposing the larvae to extracts at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. 2% mortality rates: 120 hr exposing the larvae to extracts at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. 3Control (no samples) of 4 times repeated.