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Urospora wormskjoldii ( Mertens ) Rosenvinge ( GAMETOPHYTE )
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Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 94, fig. 50 ( median and basal portions of plant, showing cellular detail ); Bold and Wynne 1985, p. 213, fig. 3. 121 ( photos ): c, d ( cellular detail ); Doty 1947, pl. 7, figs. 1, 9 ( basal portions of plant ); Kornmann 1961 b, p. 43, fig. 1 C, D ( photos: habit in culture ), p. 51, fig. 6 A ( photo: habit ), p. 55, fig. 9 ( photos: mature zoosporangia with opercula ); Kornmann 1966 a, p. 81, fig. 7 ( photos: nuclear and cell division ); Kornmann and Sahling 1977, p. 23, fig. 4: D ( photo: habit, vegetative plant in culture ); Lokhorst and Trask 1981, p. 414, fig. 4: a, b ( zoospores ), c ( germination of zoospore ), d, e ( dwarf plants ), pl. 1: 1 & ndash; 4 ( photos: zoosporangia ), pl. 2: 1 & ndash; 3 ( photos: vegetative cells ); Scagel 1966, pl. 36, figs. E & ndash; H ( median and basal portions of vegetative plants, showing cellular detail ), fig. I ( zoosporangium ); Setchell and Gardner 1920 b, pl. 9, figs. 2, 3 ( zoosporangia and rhizoidal bases )

Amaknak I ., Unalaska I ., Aleutian Is ., Alaska ( Gardner 1919, p. 494 ); Vancouver I ., British Columbia ( Esquimalt: Gardner 1919, p. 494; Oak Bay, Victoria: Tilden 1900, no. 381; Sidney: Scagel 1957, p. 52 ); San Juan I ., Wash. ( Setchell and Gardner 1903, p. 221 ) to Duxbury Reef, Marin Co ., Calif. ( Kjeldsen 1995, p. 14 ); Santa Barbara Co ., Calif. ( Pt. Conception and Santa Barbara: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 95 ); Channel Is ., Calif. ( Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 95 ); Laguna Beach, Orange Co ., Calif. ( Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 95 )

Burrows 1991, p. 57; Lokhorst and Trask 1981; Scagel 1966, p. 81

alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a free-living unicellular sporophyte ( previously described as an independent alga, Codiolum gregarium ) that produces quadriflagellate zoospores and unisexual filamentous gametophytes that produce biflagellate anisogametes; gametophytes recycling by means of quadriflagellate zoospores; both male and female gametes capable of parthenogenetic development into unicellular stages ( Lokhorst and Trask 1981; Hanic 1965; Kornmann 1963 b, p. 63; Kornmann 1961 a; Kornmann 1961 b, p. 42 )

L & uuml; ning 1990; Farrell 1988, p. 194; Devinny 1978, p. 358; Kornmann and Sahling 1977, p. 22; Kornmann 1970 a, p. 50; Kornmann 1966 a; R. Lee 1965 b, p. 111; Hanic 1965, p. 13

Lokhorst and Trask 1981

Carlberg and Percival 1977
 

							J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
BRITISH COLUMBIA						Repr													Uncommon, found on rocks, old wood, stones, and shells in the upper and lower intertidal in fully sheltered habitats. Scagel 1957, p. 51. Scagel 1966, p. 81. Scagel 1973, p. 132.
						Ster
COLUMBIA RIVER						Repr													Uncommon, upper and mid intertidal pools, each filament free from the others. Doty 1947, p. 27.
						Ster
CAPE ARAGO						Repr													Rare, in mid intertidal pools. Dawson 1965 a, p.
						Ster
CAPE MENDOCINO						Repr													Uncommon, on rock in deep pool, subtidal to 30 feet. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 14.
						Ster
POINT ARENA						Repr													Uncommon, on rocks, stones, and shells. Kjeldsen 1995, p. 14.
						Ster
SAN FRANCISCO						Repr
						Ster

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