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Scientific Name Gelidiopsis intricata (C. Agardh) Vickers  
Classification #Kingdom: Protista
 #Phylum: Rhodophyta
       #Class: Florideophyceae
             #Order: Rhodymeniales
                   #Family: Lomentariaceae
                         #Genus: Gelidiopsis
                               #Species: Gelidiopsis intricata (C. Agardh) Vickers
Common Name(Thai)
Common Name(English)
Locality Ko Samui, Ko Mudsum, Gulf of Thailand
Province Suratthani Province
Collector Coppejans, Lewmanomont, Prathep, and students
Identify by Coppejans
Status rare
Major Characters Plants forming dense, horizontally spread, threedimensional clumps; all branches cylindrical, erect at the basis, parallel with the substratum higher up; dichotomous to irregularly branched; anastomosing, dark red with a local golden-greenish iridescence
Principal Investigator Anchana Prathep
Id. BRT-R149021-A023
Financial Support BRT, BIOTEC, TRF, TOTAL FOUNDATION, TOTAL E&P THAILAND