| Acetabularia caliculus | |
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| Acetabularia caliculus (fig. 12-13) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | Polyphysaceae |
| Genus: | Acetabularia |
| Species: | A. caliculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acetabularia caliculus J.V. Lamouroux [1]
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Acetabularia caliculus, the umbrella alga, is a species of green alga found in shallow temperate and tropical seas. It usually grows on pebbles, shells or pieces of rock, and is often found in seagrass meadows, on mudflats and coral reefs, in estuaries and growing on the submerged roots of mangroves. Each individual thallus consists of a single cell with a long stipe and a terminal cup-shaped or flattened disc.
- ^ Guiry, Michael D. (2010). "Acetabularia (Acicularia) caliculus J.V. Lamouroux, 1824". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-10-05.