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Desmarestia latifrons (Ruprecht) Kützing
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Upper part of sporophyte

Illustrations:: Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 223, fig. 184 (habit); Setchell and Gardner 1925, pl. 90 (photo: habit)
Pacific Coast Distribution:: Arch Cape, Clatsop Co., Ore. (Markham and Celestino 1977, p. 258) to Russian River, Sonoma Co., Calif. (UC 463960); Santa Cruz, Calif. (UC 687948); Monterey Peninsula, Calif. (Smith 1944, p. 121); San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. (Sparling 1977, p. 32); Jalama, Santa Barbara Co., Calif. (West 493); Channel Is., Calif. (San Miguel I.: Miller in UC; Santa Rosa I.: UC 755943); Agua Blanca in Bahía Rosario, Baja Calif. (L. Aguilar Rosas and Pacheco Ruiz 1985, p. 72)
Life History:: alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and dioecious microscopic gametophytes (A. Peters, unpub. obs.)
Phylogeny:: Peters et al. 1997
Epiphytes:: Acrochaetium desmarestiae, Erythrocladia irregularis, Hymenena fryeana, Membranoptera tenuis

Pl=plurilocular; U=unilocular; S=sterile


`BRITISH COLUMBIA`	`Pl`
	`U`
	`S`
`COLUMBIA RIVER`	`Pl`	Common, at Harris State Park and Sunset Bay, in pools and on rocks of the low intertidal and subtidal in heavily sanded in habitats. Doty 1947, p. 35. Sanborn and Doty 1947, p. 29. Markham and Celestino 1977, p. 258.
	`U`
	`S`
`CAPE ARAGO`	`Pl`	Uncommon, in the subtidal. (DS 307022).
	`U`
	`S`
`CAPE MENDOCINO`	`Pl`	Common, on rocks in sandy subtidal. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 18.
	`U`
	`S`
`POINT ARENA`	`Pl`	Common, on rocks in sandy coves, Russian River to Salt Point, Sonoma Co. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 18.
	`U`
	`S`
`SAN FRANCISCO`	`Pl`	Abundant, in pools and on rocks exposed to strong surf in the low intertidal. Smith 1944, p. 120.
	`U`
	`S`

Desmarestia latifrons (Ruprecht) Kützing