Constantinea sitchensis Postels & Rupr.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Washington

• County/Municipio

  San Juan Co.

• Locality

  San Juan island, Mats-Mats Bay, attached to rocks in the upper litoral zone

• Coordinates

  47.9551, -122.692

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  704.569

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates on shore closest to geogr. center of Mats Mats Bay. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the bay to find linear extent (693 m). Input info. into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncert. rad. (Bounded Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Phycotheca Boreali-Americana. Collins, Holden, and Setchell.
950. Gonstafltinea Sitchensis Post and Rupr.
Postels and Ruprecht, 111, Alg., p. 17, PI. XL, fig. 88, 1840.
J. G. Agardh, Sp. Alg., YoL II, p. 295,1851; Yol. Ill, p. 225,1876.
Harvey, Nereis Bor.-Am., part 2, p. 173, 1853; Proc. Linn. Soc.,
Bot., Yol. YI, p. 172, 1862.
Tilden, American Algae, No. 203, 1898.
C. Rosa-marina Freeman, Minnesota Bot. Studies, Series 2, pp.
183-190, PL XYII and XYHI, 1899.
Setchell, Erythea, Yol. YII, p. 10,1899.
Not. C. Sitchensis, Collins, Holden and Setchell, Phyc. Bor.-Am.,
No. 450, which is C. simplex Setchell.
Attached to rocks in the upper litoral zone, Mats-Mats Bay,
San Juan Island, Washington, 1900.
N. L. GARDNER.
It has been supposed that this plant may be nothing more than
a luxuriant form of 0, Rosa-marina Post and Rupr., but on
account of its different manner of producing the new blades, it
seems amply distinct.
W. A. S.