Information

Scientific Name Lobophora sp.  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Dictyotales
                   #Family: Dictyotaceae
                         #Genus: Lobophora
                               #Species: Lobophora sp.
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายดเห็ดหูหนูแข็ง
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Wang Nai, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Thallus crustose, with the tips more or less downwardly curved, irregularly lobed, thick and stiff (rather breakable); greyish brown with marked darker and lighter coloured radial stripes; the lower surface is more orangy (like the ‘typical Lobophora. Not
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A037
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND