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Desmarestia viridis ( M & uuml; ller ) Lamouroux
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 drawing of Desmarestia viridis
Illustrations:
Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 227, fig. 187 ( habit ); Smith 1944, pl. 18, fig. 3 ( habit ). Gametophyte: Kornmann 1962 b, p. 289, fig. 3 a, b ( photos: antheridial and oogonial plants )  Display references
Pacific Coast Distribution:
Unalaska, Aleutian Is ., Alaska ( Setchell and Gardner 1925, p. 561 ) to Monterey Peninsula, Calif. ( Smith 1944, p. 119 ); Channel Is ., Calif. ( Santa Catalina I.: Murray 1974, p. 40 ) to Isla Guadalupe, Baja Calif. ( Stewart and Stewart 1984, p. 141 ) and Rocas Alijos ( Silva et al. 1996, p. 234 ); Gulf of California ( Isla Angel de la Guarda to Isla Esteban: J. Norris and Bucher 1976, p. 6 )  Display references
Taxonomy:
A. Chapman 1972 b  Display references
Molecular Taxonomy:
Oppen et al. 1993  Display references
Phylogeny:
Draisma et al. 2001  Display references
Life History:
alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and monoecious microscopic gametophytes ( Nakahara 1984; Kornmann 1962 b )  Display references
Biology/Ecology:
Shaffer and Parks 1994; Kluijver 1991, p. 329; L & uuml; ning 1990; L & uuml; ning and Freshwater 1988, p. 312; L & uuml; ning 1982, p. 54; Pace 1981, p. 460; Hodgson and Waaland 1980, p. 110; L & uuml; ning 1980 b, p. 938  Display references
Ultrastructure:
Oates and Cole 1990; Henry 1979  Display references
Chemistry:
Ragan and Jensen 1979; Tsuchiya 1979; Saenko et al. 1978; Kremer 1973; R & ouml; nnerstrand 1943, p. 48  Display references

Pl =plurilocular; U =unilocular; S =sterile
J F M A M J J A S O N D
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
Pl                         Uncommon, in pools and on rocks in the low intertidal and subtidal in fully sheltered to moderately exposed habitats. Scagel 1957, p. 85. Scagel 1973, p. 133. Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 92.  Display references
U        green dot  green dot  green dot            
S  green dot    green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot        
COLUMBIA
RIVER
Pl                        
U                        
S                        
CAPE
ARAGO
Pl                        
U                        
S                        
CAPE
MENDOCINO
Pl                         Locally common, in the subtidal to 30 feet. Also in drift. Dawson 1965 a, p. 15. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 18.  Display references
U                  green dot    green dot  
S            green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot  green dot  
POINT
ARENA
Pl                         Locally common, in the subtidal to 30 feet, in kelp ( Macrocystis ) bed at Salt Point, Sonoma Co. ( UC 1110593 ), and Muir Beach, Marin Co ., Calif. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 18.  Display references
U                        
S                green dot      green dot  
SAN
FRANCISCO
Pl                         Uncommon, in the drift. Smith 1944, p. 120.  Display references
U                        
S            green dot  green dot  green dot        

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