Information

Scientific Name Sargassum sp.2  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Fucales
                   #Family: Sargassaceae
                         #Genus: Sargassum
                               #Species: Sargassum sp.2
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายทุ่น
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 Leaves relatively broad, stiff but flexible, markedly undulated and toothed; axes compressed
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A005
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND