Information

Scientific Name Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Fucales
                   #Family: Sargassaceae
                         #Genus: Sargassum
                               #Species: Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายทุ่น
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Mudsum, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status common
Major Characters Plants largely decayed, but some apical parts with the typical numerous, small air bladders and the main axes markedly muricate; tips brownish; basal parts blackish.
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A033
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND