Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Dasycladales > Family Polyphysaceae > Genus Acetabularia

Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C. Silva, 1952

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acetabularia*	J.V.Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Madrepora acetabulum*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: acetabularia mediterrània sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: mermaid's wine-glass sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: ombrellino di mare sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: seta de mar

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
new combination reference	Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C. Silva, 1952. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494795