Acetabularia acetabulum

Mermaid's Wine Glass
Top view of caps of Acetabularia acetabulum
Scientific classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Family: Polyphysaceae
Genus: Acetabularia
Species:
A. acetabulum
Binomial name
Acetabularia acetabulum
Synonyms
List
  • Acetabularia integra J. V. Lamouroux
  • Acetabularia mediterranea J. V. Lamouroux, 1816
  • Acetabulum marinum Tournefort, 1719
  • Acetabulum mediterraneum Lamarck, 1816
  • Corallina androsace Pallas, 1766
  • Madrepora acetabulum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Olivia adrosace Bertoloni, 1819
  • Olivia androsace (Pallas) Bertoloni, 1810
  • Tubularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1767

Acetabularia acetabulum, mermaid's wine glass, is a species of green alga in the family Polyphysaceae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of one to two metres.