Information

Scientific Name Hypnea pannosa J. Agardh  
Classification #Kingdom: Protista
 #Phylum: Rhodophyta
       #Class: Florideophyceae
             #Order: Gigartinales
                   #Family: Hypneaceae
                         #Genus: Hypnea
                               #Species: Hypnea pannosa J. Agardh
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 common
Major Characters Plants forming dense, horizontally spread, threedimensional clumps, stiff-brittle; easy to detach (break off) from the substratum; all branches slightly compressed, branching irregularly, terminal branchlets and apices of main axes acute, resulting in a r
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A020
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND