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Spongonema tomentosum ( Hudson ) K & uuml; tzing
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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. 17 a ( vegetative anatomy with plurilocular organs ), figs. 17 b & ndash; e ( plurilocular detail ), fig. 17 f ( 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 1967 b, p. 522

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BRITISH COLUMBIA						Pl													Uncommon, epiphyte on Fucus and Pelvetiopsis , in pools, in the mid and upper intertidal in fully sheltered habitats. Scagel 1957, p. 71. Scagel 1973, p. 135. Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 95.
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COLUMBIA RIVER						Pl													See G. Hansen 1997
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CAPE ARAGO						Pl													Uncommon, epiphyte on Fucus in the mid intertidal. Dawson 1965 a, p. 12.
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CAPE MENDOCINO						Pl
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POINT ARENA						Pl													Rare, on rim of conceptacles of Fucus or Pelvetia ( MBG 1019012, UC 402127 ). Kjeldsen 1995, p. 20.
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SAN FRANCISCO						Pl													Uncommon, epiphyte on Fucus , Pelvetia , and Hesperophycus , throughout the tidal range. Smith 1944, p. 83.
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