Guide page for Bryopsis corticulans Setchell

Bryopsis corticulans Setchell
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rhizoidal growth from Setchell and Gardner 1920

Illustrations:: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 112, fig. 70 (habit); Scagel 1966, pl. 5, fig. A (habit), fig. B (holdfast), figs. C–H (branching details), pl. 6, fig. A (chloroplasts), figs. B, C (development of cortication); Scagel 1967, p. 73, fig. 24:a (habit), b, c (branching pattern), d (gametangium), e (gamete); Setchell and Gardner 1920b, pl. 15, figs. 4, 5 (development of cortication), pl. 27 (photo: habit); Smith 1938, p. 104, fig. 53:A (habit), D (apex of female plant), F, G (male and female gametes)
Pacific Coast Distribution:: Ucluelet, Vancouver I., British Columbia (Scagel 1957, p. 62) to Islas San Benito, Baja Calif. (Dawson 1951b, p. 52), including Channel Is., Calif. (San Miguel I., San Nicolas I., Santa Barbara I., Santa Catalina I.: Murray and Littler 1989, p. 66; Santa Rosa I.: Silva 3225 in UC; Santa Cruz I.: Foster 1972, p. 56; Anacapa I.: Dawson and Neushul 1966, p. 174); Bahía Kino, Sonora, México (Mendoza González and Mateo Cid 1986, p. 419) to Chamela, Jalisco, México (Pedroche and González González 1981, p. 64)
Life History:: recycling of diploid unisexual gametophytes by direct development of zygotes resulting from fusion of anisogametes; gametic meiosis (Smith 1938, p. 103)
Biology/Ecology:: Trowbridge 1992b; Shevlin 1980; Devinny 1978, p. 358; Foster 1975b, p. 337; Northcraft 1948, p. 403
Ultrastructure:: Burr and West 1970
Chemistry:: Yu 1989; Dickson et al. 1979, p. 415


`BRITISH COLUMBIA`	`Repr`	Uncommon, on rocks, shells, and old wood in the low intertidal. Scagel 1957, p. 62. Scagel 1966, p. 123.
	`Ster`

`COLUMBIA RIVER`	`Repr`	Common, in the low intertidal just above the sandline on vertical rock faces rather exposed to waves. Doty 1947, p. 28.
	`Ster`

`CAPE ARAGO`	`Repr`	Occasional, in the low intertidal along exposed rocky shores. Dawson 1965a, p. 10.
	`Ster`

`CAPE MENDOCINO`	`Repr`	Common, in the low intertidal, on rocks on exposed shores. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 3.
	`Ster`

`POINT ARENA`	`Repr`	Common, on rocks, docks, and pilings in the low intertidal and subtidal in moderately to fully exposed sites.
	`Ster`

`SAN FRANCISCO`	`Repr`	Common, on vertical sides of rocks exposed to strong surf and on Egregia menziesii in mid to low intertidal; rarely subtidal. Smith 1944, p. 73. Silva 1979, p. 344.
	`Ster`

Bryopsis corticulans Setchell