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Scientific Name Hormophysa cuneiformis (J.F. Gmelin) P.C. Silva  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Fucales
                   #Family: Sargassaceae
                         #Genus: Hormophysa
                               #Species: Hormophysa cuneiformis (J.F. Gmelin) P.C. Silva
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 very well attached to the substratum by a disc; basal part of the thallus very stiff, strap-like with a marked midrib; branching irregular; upper branches three-winged, marginally dentate and with air bladders sunken in the midrib; basal part dark
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A006
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND