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from Setchell and Gardner 1925
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Synonyms:
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Chlanidophora abyssicola Setchell et Gardner
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Illustrations:
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Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 211, fig. 174 (habit); Kawai and Yamada 1990, p. 327, figs. 1–8 (photos: habit and anatomy of field plants), p. 329, figs. 9–22 (photos: growth and reproduction in culture); Setchell and Gardner 1925, pl. 50, fig. 1 (habit), figs. 2, 3 ("aplanosporangia"), figs. 4 (surface view, meristematic margin), figs. 5–7 (vegetative sections of blade); Wynne 1972a, p. 130, figs. 1, 2 (surface view, meristematic margin)
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Pacific Coast Distribution:
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Juneau, Alaska (Lindstrom et al. 1986, p. 5); British Columbia (Portland Canal to Belize Inlet, including Queen Charlotte Is.: Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 95; Vancouver I., [Barkley Sound: Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 112; Port Renfrew: Foreman et al. 1973, p. 268]; Bath I., near Gabriola I., Strait of Georgia: Foreman et al. 1973, p. 268); Washington (San Juan I. and Hein Bank: Scagel 1957, p. 74); Humboldt Co., Calif. (Luffenholtz Beach and Trinidad Bay: Dawson 1965a, p. 19); Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., Calif. (HSC 6620)
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Taxonomy:
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Henry 1984; Wynne 1972a, p. 131
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Life History:
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alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and cytologically interpreted endosporic gametophytes, the contents of a unilocular sporangium dividing into 8 to 16 flagellated but essentially nonmotile cells, each of which secretes a wall and then forms tetrads of presumed gametes; syngamy was not observed; presumed zygote developing into branched filaments which coalesce to form a blade (Kawai and Yamada 1990)
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Morphology:
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Henry 1984; Henry 1979; Walker and Henry 1978; Wynne 1969a, p. 12
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