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, Botanical Terms - Acetabularia
often known as the mermaid's wineglass or cup
a genus of *dasycladalean algae where the mature *thallus is made up of a whorl of *gametangial sacs at the summit of a single *axis, or "stalk." Found affixed to rocks, shells, and other objects in shallow, protected waters in warm climates. There are fossilized Acetabularia from the *Tertiary period.
often known as the mermaid's wineglass or cup
a genus of *dasycladalean algae where the mature *thallus is made up of a whorl of *gametangial sacs at the summit of a single *axis, or "stalk." Found affixed to rocks, shells, and other objects in shallow, protected waters in warm climates. There are fossilized Acetabularia from the *Tertiary period.
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