Acetabularia crenulata

Taxobox
name = "Acetabularia crenulata"
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Chlorophyta
classis = Ulvophyceae
ordo = Dasycladales
familia = Polyphysaceae
genus = "Acetabularia"
species = "A. crenulata"
binomial = "Acetabularia crenulata"
binomial_authority = J.V. Lamouroux

"Acetabularia crenulata", one of the many species known as mermaid's wineglass, is a form of green alga generally found in shallow tropical seas. It can be found growing in great abundance along stretches of the overseas highway to Key West, Florida bordering on Florida Bay. It has been used in some important research on nuclear and cytoplasmic relationships. During its life cycle it has one large nucleus.

External links

* [http://www.surialink.com/HANDBOOK/Genera/greens/Acetabularia/Acetabularia.htm "Acetabularia crenulata" at SuriaLink]
*cite web |url=http://www.algaebase.org/speciesdetail.lasso?species_id=11663 |title="Acetabularia crenulata" J.V. Lamouroux |work=AlgaeBase |author=M. D. Guiry & Wendy Guiry |date=2006-05-19
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Acetabularia%20crenulata "Acetabularia crenulata" in the NCBI Taxonomy Browser]