Information

Scientific Name Dasya sp.  
Classification #Kingdom: Protista
 #Phylum: Rhodophyta
       #Class: Florideophyceae
             #Order: Ceramiales
                   #Family: Dasyaceae
                         #Genus: Dasya
                               #Species: Dasya sp.
Common Name(Thai)
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Mudsum, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status rare
Major Characters Small, elegant, supple plants; 5 pericentral cells, no cortication; bearing a single, slender uniseriate, pigmented, dichotomous branchlet on each segment; some male plants with extremely elongated, straight corms of spermatangia; pinkish red.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A025
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND