Information

Scientific Name Turbinaria decurrens Bory de Saint-Vincent  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Fucales
                   #Family: Sargassaceae
                         #Genus: Turbinaria
                               #Species: Turbinaria decurrens Bory de Saint-Vincent
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายดอกจอก
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 Plants gregarious, attached by haptera; erect stipe unbranched, rather stiff, naked at the basis (showing the scars of lost branchlets); branchlets stiff, very densely set (contiguous) on vertical lines (sometimes slightly spirally twisted), with triangul
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A044
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND