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Scientific Name Actinotrichia fragilis (Forsskål) Børgesen  
Classification #Kingdom: Protista
 #Phylum: Rhodophyta
       #Class: Florideophyceae
             #Order: Nemaliales
                   #Family: Galaxauraceae
                         #Genus: Actinotrichia
                               #Species: Actinotrichia fragilis (Forsskål) Børgesen
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 Forming very stiff (almost breakable) densely branched, spherical plants; single attachment point; branches erect, dichotomous, calcified, bearing whorls of stiff hairs; dark brownish red.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A015
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND