Information

Scientific Name Sargassum sp. 1  
Classification #Kingdom: Chromista
 #Phylum: Ochrophyta
       #Class: Phaeophyceae
             #Order: Fucales
                   #Family: Sargassaceae
                         #Genus: Sargassum
                               #Species: Sargassum sp. 1
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 Attachment by a disc; short stipe of about 1 cm, bearing a series of long branches; these markedly compressed; leaves long, rather straight and plane, with dentate margins; air bladders pointed; some specimens with receptacles; most specimens are dying an
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A004
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND