Halichondramine (1), a new tetracyclic alkylbipiperidine alkaloid, has been isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria sp., collected in the Dahlak archipelago (the Red Sea), Eritrea. The structure of halichondramine was elucidated by interpretation of MS, COSY, HMQC, HMBC, TOCSY, and HSQC-TOCSY data.