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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 & ndash; 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 1920 b, 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 1951 b, 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 ); Bah & iacute; a Kino, Sonora, M & eacute; xico ( Mendoza Gonz & aacute; lez and Mateo Cid 1986, p. 419 ) to Chamela, Jalisco, M & eacute; xico ( Pedroche and Gonz & aacute; lez Gonz & aacute; lez 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 1992 b; Shevlin 1980; Devinny 1978, p. 358; Foster 1975 b, p. 337; Northcraft 1948, p. 403 Ultrastructure: Burr and West 1970 Chemistry: Yu 1989; Dickson et al. 1979, p. 415

							J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
BRITISH COLUMBIA						Repr													Uncommon, on rocks, shells, and old wood in the low intertidal. Scagel 1957, p. 62. Scagel 1966, p. 123.
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COLUMBIA RIVER						Repr													Common, in the low intertidal just above the sandline on vertical rock faces rather exposed to waves. Doty 1947, p. 28.
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CAPE ARAGO						Repr													Occasional, in the low intertidal along exposed rocky shores. Dawson 1965 a, p. 10.
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CAPE MENDOCINO						Repr													Common, in the low intertidal, on rocks on exposed shores. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 3.
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POINT ARENA						Repr													Common, on rocks, docks, and pilings in the low intertidal and subtidal in moderately to fully exposed sites.
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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.
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