Feldmannia simplex (Crouan et Crouan) Hamel

from Setchell and Gardner 1922d

Synonyms:

Feldmannia cylindrica (Saunders) Hollenberg et Abbott, Ectocarpus cylindricus Saunders, E. cylindricus var. codiophilus Setchell et Gardner, E. flocculiformis Setchell et Gardner, E. socialis Setchell et Gardner

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 135, fig. 96 (plurilocular plant); Cardinal 1964, figs. 30a, b (branching habit in base), figs. 30c–f (cellular detail), fig. 30g, plurilocular variation), fig. 30h (unilocular plant), fig. 30 (plurilocular plant); R. Norris and Wynne 1969, p. 134, figs. 9, 10 (intercalary divisions), figs. 11–13 (plurilocular organs); Setchell and Gardner 1922d, pl. 46, fig. 12 (unilocular plant), fig. 13 (plurilocular organs), fig. 14 (plurilocular and unilocular plants), pl. 47, fig. 24 (plurilocular plant)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Hecata I., southern Sea Otter Sound, Prince of Wales I., Alaska (Wynne 1987, p. 227); Bamfield, Vancouver I., British Columbia (Scagel 1973, p. 133) to Cabo Thurloe, Baja Calif. (Dawson 1960a, p. 36); Channel Is., Calif. (Santa Cruz I.: Murray 1974, p. 40)

Taxonomy:

H. Kim and Lee 1994; Wynne 1987, p. 227; R. Norris and Wynne 1969, p. 135

Chemical Taxonomy:

Müller and Eichenberger 1994

Molecular Taxonomy:

Stache-Crain et al. 1997

Life History:

Australian field plants with plurilocular organs released swarmers which germinated to form plants similar to the parents, without sexual fusion. Unilocular plants were rarely seen (Clayton 1974)

Biology/Ecology:

Friess-Klebl et al. 1994; Müller and Frenzer 1993; Devinny 1978, p. 358

Physiology:

Robledo et al. 1994