Information

Scientific Name Boodlea sp.  
Classification #Kingdom: Plantae
 #Phylum: Chlorophyta
       #Class: Ulvophyceae
             #Order: Siphonocladales
                   #Family: Boodleaceae
                         #Genus: Boodlea
                               #Species: Boodlea sp.
Common Name(Thai)
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Tan, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Plants forming (mostly horizontally elongated) prostrate, spongy cushions which are extremely brittle (easily breaking into smaller pieces); composed by threedimensionally branched axes which anastomose; bright light green
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A009
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND