Information

Scientific Name Padina australis Hauck  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Dictyotales
                   #Family: Dictyotaceae
                         #Genus: Padina
                               #Species: Padina australis Hauck
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายเห็ดหูหนู
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Mudsum, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Plants relatively small, erect, markedly funnel-shaped, rather rigid, markedly calcified (whitish) on the upper surface, orange brown on the lower surface; some specimens with darker concentric zones of spores.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A022
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND