Gracilaria robusta Setch.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Monterey Co.

• City/Township

  Monterey

• Locality

  where small tidal eddies are present, at or just below extreme low water mark, on stones

• Coordinates

  36.6029, -121.875

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  2971.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of mdpt of Monterey coast by Measured btw endpts; 1/2ing dist., choosing closest coord. on shore. Meas. from coord.- farthest extent of coast =linear extent (2960 m). Input info into MaNIS Georef. Calc. = uncert. rad.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Phycotheca Boreali-Americana. Collins, Holden, and Setckell.
635. Graci^ria robusta Setehell Mss.
On stones, at or just b$low extreme low water mark, tiftiere small ti-
dal eddies are present; Monterey, Monterey County, California, Jan. 3,
1897.
W. A. SETCHELL.
Both cystocarpic and tetrasporic plants.
Fronds 8-10 cm. in height, irregular in outline, irregularly dichotom-
ously branched four or five times; branches short, turgid, terete, with tips
more or less blunt; cystocarps irregularly situated tipon the branches, pro-
jecting considerably to one side; tetraspores immersed in the cortex, tri-
partite or cruciate ; antheridia ?
This species is 10 be distinguished by its irregular and rather scanty
branching and by its robust, cylindrical, short frond.
W. A. S.
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