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Scientific Name Avrainvillea erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp  
Classification #Kingdom: Plantae
 #Phylum: Chlorophyta
       #Class: Bryopsidophyceae
             #Order: Bryopsidales
                   #Family: Udoteaceae
                         #Genus: Avrainvillea
                               #Species: Avrainvillea erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายหูช้าง
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Wang Nai, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Attached by a well developed pseudobulbous holdfast; no flabellum but loose filaments in all directions, resulting in a shaving-brush morphology; sometimes a flabellum is present next to this morphology!! Dirty dark green.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A039
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND
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