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Scientific Name Chondrophycus cartilagineus (Yamada) Garbary & Harper  
Classification #Kingdom: Protista
 #Phylum: Rhodophyta
       #Class: Florideophyceae
             #Order: Ceramiales
                   #Family: Rhodomelaceae
                         #Genus: Chondrophycus
                               #Species: Chondrophycus cartilagineus (Yamada) Garbary & Harper
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 erect, very large and relatively stiff as a result of the dense branching; all axes and branches cylindrical and relatively supple on themselves; a single basal holdfast, but the main axis quickly giving off similar axes; all branches very densely
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A012
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND