Information

Scientific Name Halimeda macroloba Decaisne  
Classification #Kingdom: Plantae
 #Phylum: Chlorophyta
       #Class: Bryopsidophyceae
             #Order: Bryopsidales
                   #Family: Halimedaceae
                         #Genus: Halimeda
                               #Species: Halimeda macroloba Decaisne
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายใบมะกรูด
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 attached by a pseudobulbous holdfast, erect, more or less flabellate as a whole, stiff, the segments more or less in one plane, thick, the upper ones green, the lower ones whitish because of the heavy calcification. Note:the b-specimen is fertile!
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A019
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND