Laminaria ephemera Setchell

Synonyms:

Renfrewia parvula Griggs

Illustrations:

Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 230, fig. 189 (habit); Doty 1947, pl. 10 (photo: unilocular plant); Druehl 1968, pl. I, fig. 5 (photo: habit), pl. V, fig. 21 (photo: x-section, blade), pl. VI, fig. 33 (photo: x-section, stipe); Griggs 1906, pl. XVI (photo: unilocular plants), pl. XVII (photos: x-section, stipe), pl. XIX-1 (photo: x-section, sorus), pl. XIX-2 (photo: holdfast); Setchell and Gardner 1925, pl. 58 (photo: habit)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Volga I., Sitka Sound, Alaska (Druehl 1968, p. 542); Port Renfrew, Vancouver I., British Columbia (Griggs 1906, p. 247, as Renfrewia parvula) to mouth of Little Sur River, Monterey Co., Calif. (Hollenberg and Abbott 1966, p. 27 [637]); cast ashore at Jade Cove, near Cape San Martin, Monterey Co., Calif. (Silva 13106 in UC)

Taxonomy:

see Taxonomic Notes, p. 000; Druehl 1968, p. 541; Druehl 1965, p. 16

Life History:

uninvestigated, but presumably alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and dioecious microscopic gametophytes

Biology/Ecology:

Lüning 1990; Dayton 1985, p. 220; Klinger 1984, p. 17; Druehl 1970, p. 239; Druehl 1969, p. 163

Ultrastructure:

Bisalputra et al. 1971

Economic Applications:

Druehl and Boal 1981, p. 578