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Acrosiphonia coalita ( Ruprecht ) Scagel, Garbary, Golden, et Hawkes
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Synonyms: Conferva coalita Ruprecht, Cladophora coalita ( Ruprecht ) Harvey, Spongomorpha coalita ( Ruprecht ) Collins, Conferva mertensii Ruprecht ( not C. mertensii Turner ), Cladophora mertensii De Toni, Spongomorpha mertensii ( DeToni ) Setchell et Gardner, Conferva scopaeformis Ruprecht, Cladophora scopaeformis ( Ruprecht ) Collins, Holden et Setchell Illustrations: Gametophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 97, fig. 52 ( branching pattern ), fig. 53 ( habit and recurved branchlets ); Fan 1959, p. 3, fig. 3 and p. 5, figs. 4, 5 ( photos: germlings ), p. 8, figs. 36, 40 ( germlings ), figs. 39, 41 ( rhizoidal base ), fig. 37 ( recurved branchlet ); Hollenberg 1958 b, p. 250, fig. 7 ( germling ); Scagel 1966, pl. 38, figs. B & ndash; D ( branching pattern ), fig. E ( chloroplast detail ), pl. 39, figs. A, D ( habit ), figs. C, E ( branching pattern ), fig. G ( chloroplast detail ), pl. 40, figs. A & ndash; D ( branching pattern ); Scagel 1967, p. 65, fig. 20: a ( habit ), b, c ( branching pattern ); Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 99, fig. 55 ( endophytic habit ); Fan 1959, p. 3, fig. 1 ( photo: endophytic habit ), p. 5, figs. 6, 7 ( photos: germlings ), p. 6, figs. 8 & ndash; 15 ( syngamy ), figs. 16 & ndash; 19 ( zygotes ), figs. 20 & ndash; 31 ( germling development ), figs. 32 & ndash; 34 ( penetration of petrocelis-stage of Mastocarpus by germlings ), p. 8, fig. 38 ( mature cell with zoospores ); Hollenberg 1958 b, p. 250, figs. 1 & ndash; 6 ( development from zygote ); Scagel 1966, pl. 8, figs. F, G ( mature vegetative cells ) Pacific Coast Distribution: Gametophyte: Adak I ., Aleutian Is ., Alaska ( M. H. Dick in UC ) to Government Point, Santa Barbara Co ., Calif. ( Silva 5510 in UC ). Sporophyte: Amchitka I ., Aleutian Is ., Alaska ( Lebednik and Palmisano 1977, p. 360 ) to Carmel, Monterey Co ., Calif. ( Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 99 ) Life History: alternation of free-living unisexual filamentous gametophytes with a unicellular sporophyte endophytic in petrocelis-stage ( Petrocelis franciscana Setchell et Gardner ) of Mastocarpus papillatus ( C. Agardh ) K & uuml; tzing by means of biflagellate isogametes and quadriflagellate zoospores ( Hanic 1965; Fan 1959; Hollenberg 1958 b ) Biology/Ecology: Sussmann and DeWreede 2001 b ( as A. mertensii ); Paine 1988, p. 1791; Dayton 1975, p. 140; Hruby 1975, p. 883; Devinny and Kirkwood 1974, p. 102; Dayton 1971, p. 375; R. Lee 1965 a, p. 13; R. Lee 1965 b, p. 113; Widdowson 1965 b, p. 1427; Rigg and Miller 1949 Epiphytes: Acrochaetium arcuatum Ultrastructure: Hudson and Waaland 1974 Chemistry: Bernart et al. 1993; Gerwick et al. 1993, p. 660; de Jesus et al. 1989, p. 769; Dickson et al. 1979, p. 415 Economic Applications: Rorrer and Zhi 1995

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BRITISH COLUMBIA						Repr													Gametophyte: common, on rocks and other algae in low intertidal pools. Scagel 1957, p. 57. Scagel 1966, p. 97. Sporophyte: in " Petrocelis franciscana . " Scagel 1966, p. 106. Scagel 1973, p. 131. Hawkes et al. 1979, p. 90. 0.
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COLUMBIA RIVER						Repr													Gametophyte: common, in practically all tidepools, in exposed habitats. Doty 1947, p. 24. Sanborn and Doty 1947, p. 25. Markham and Celestino 1977, p. 257.
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CAPE ARAGO						Repr													Gametophyte: common, on rocks and in tidepools in the mid to upper intertidal, in exposed habitats. Dawson 1965 a, p. 10.
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CAPE MENDOCINO						Repr													Gametophyte: common, on rocks and in tidepools in the mid to upper intertidal, in exposed habitats. Kjeldsen 1995, pp. 1, 2.
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POINT ARENA						Repr													Gametophyte: abundant, on rocks and in pools, like frayed rope in mid to low intertidal in exposed habitats. Johansen 1966 a, p. 90. Sporophyte: in " P. franciscana ". Kjeldsen 1995, pp. 1, 2.
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SAN FRANCISCO						Repr													Gametophyte: common, on rounded rocks in the mid to low intertidal and subtidal in Macrocystis beds. Smith 1944, p. 65. Silva 1979, p. 342. Sporophyte: in " P. franciscana ". Smith 1944, p. 68.
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