Acetabularia acetabulum Mermaid's Wine-glass,Mermaid's Cup

Acetabularia acetabulum is commonly referred to as Mermaid's Wine-glass,Mermaid's Cup. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2840 

AphiaID:

494795 

Scientific:

Acetabularia acetabulum 

German:

Schirmchenalge 

English:

Mermaid's Wine-glass,Mermaid's Cup 

Category:

Green Algae 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Dasycladales (Order) > Polyphysaceae (Family) > Acetabularia (Genus) > acetabulum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus) P.C.Silva, 1952 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Australia, Balearic Islands, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, Sri Lanka, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 7 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 3.94" (5cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 68 °F (16°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acetabularia acetabulum
  Schirmchenalge
• 
  Acetabularia caliculus
  Meerjungfrauen Tasse, Schirmchenalge
• 
  Acetabularia crenulata
  Schirmchenalge
• 
  Acetabularia sp. 01
  Grünalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-07-04 17:03:13 

Last edit:

2025-06-16 08:28:46 

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