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Scientific Name Caulerpa taxifolia (M. Vahl) C. Agardh  
Classification #Kingdom: Plantae
 #Phylum: Chlorophyta
       #Class: Bryopsidophyceae
             #Order: Bryopsidales
                   #Family: Caulerpaceae
                         #Genus: Caulerpa
                               #Species: Caulerpa taxifolia (M. Vahl) C. Agardh
Common Name(Thai) สาหร่ายขนนก
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 Stolons thin, not richly branched, bearing densely set uprights (laterally contiguous); these with an unbranched, rounded to slightly compressed rachis, bearing opposite ‘boat-shaped’, upwardly curved and directed, compressed, acute branchlets which do no
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A018
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND