Spongonema tomentosum (Hudson) Kützing

epiphyte on Fucus gardneri - plurilocular organs after Saunders 1898

Synonyms:

Ectocarpus tomentosus (Hudson) Lyngbye; E. ellipticus Saunders

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 149, fig. 111 (vegetative anatomy with plurilocular organs); Cardinal 1964, fig. 17a (vegetative anatomy with plurilocular organs), figs. 17b–e (plurilocular detail), fig. 17f (habit); W. Taylor 1937, pl. 8, fig. 6 (habit), fig. 8 (vegetative anatomy with plurilocular organs)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Alaska (Amchitka I., Aleutian Is.: Lebednik and Palmisano 1977, p. 360; Kodiak I., Gulf of Alaska: Setchell and Gardner 1925, p. 417; Sitka: Setchell and Gardner 1925, p. 417) to Monterey Peninsula, Calif. (Smith 1944, p. 83); Cayucos, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. (Sparling 1977, p. 35); San Pedro, Los Angeles Co., Calif. (UC 395344); Laguna Beach, Orange Co., Calif. (Setchell and Gardner 1925, p. 417)

Life History:

uninvestigated, but plurilocular organs dominate, unilocular organs infrequent

Chromosomes:

Cole 1967b, p. 522