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Desmarestia aculeata (L.) Lamouroux

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drawing of Desmarestia aculeata
habit (small sporophyte)
Synonyms:
Desmarestia intermedia Postels et Ruprecht
Illustrations:
Sporophyte: Chapman and Burrows 1971, p. 74, figs. 15, 16 (photos: habit and closeup); Scagel 1967, p. 97, fig. 34 (habit, as D. intermedia); W. Taylor 1937, pl. 13, fig. 4 (summer habit), fig. 5 (early spring habit). Gametophyte: Chapman and Burrows 1971, p. 64, fig. 1 (photo: zoospore), fig. 2 (photo: mature male), fig. 3 (photo: mature female), fig. 4 (photo: egg) Display references
Pacific Coast Distribution:
St. Lawrence I., Bering Sea, Alaska (Setchell 1899, p. 591, as D. intermedia) to San Juan I., Wash. (Scagel 1957, p. 82, as D. intermedia); Oregon (Sunset Bay, Coos Bay: Doty 1947, p. 35, as D. intermedia) Display references
Biology/Ecology:
Lüning and Kadel 1993; de Kluijver 1991: 331; Lüning 1990; Lüning and Freshwater 1988, p. 312; Thom 1980a, p. 9; R. Phillips and Vadas 1967, p. 14 (as D. intermedia); Widdowson 1965b, p. 1427; Scagel 1961, p. 528 (as D. intermedia) Display references
Taxonomy:
Chapman and Burrows 1971 Display references
Phylogeny:
Draisma et al. 2001; Peters et al. 1997 Display references
Life History:
alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and dioecious microscopic gametophytes (Chapman and Burrows 1971; Schreiber 1932). Display references
Morphology:
Chapman and Burrows 1971; Chapman and Burrows 1970; Display references
Chemistry:
Ragan and Glombitza 1986 Display references
Physiology:
McClintock et al. 1982, p. 771 Display references

Pl=plurilocular; U=unilocular; S=sterile
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BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Pl                         Common, in pools and on rocks in the low intertidal and subtidal. Scagel 1957, p. 82. Scagel 1973, p. 132 (both as D. intermedia). Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 92. Display references
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COLUMBIA
RIVER
Pl                         Rare, in drift. Doty 1947, p. 35. Sanborn and Doty 1947, p. 29. (both as D. intermedia). Display references
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ARAGO
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MENDOCINO
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POINT
ARENA
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FRANCISCO
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