Ectocarpus simulans Setchell et Gardner

habit of plurilocular plant

Note:

This species is included in Ectocarpus siliculosus by G. Hansen (1997)

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 129, fig. 91 (plurilocular plant); Setchell and Gardner 1922d, pl. 45, fig. 9 (habit), fig. 10, (plurilocular plant), fig. 11 (cellular detail)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Unalaska I., Aleutian Is., Alaska (Setchell and Gardner 1903, p. 237, as E. terminalis) to Laguna Beach, Orange Co., Calif. (Hollenberg 1971b, p. 284); Las Peñas, Nayarit, México (Mateo Cid and Mendoza González 1991, p. 23)

Taxonomy:

Hollenberg 1971b, p. 284

Life History:

only plurilocular plants known. They may recycle directly.