Acetabularia acetabulum

Acetabularia acetabulum
Top view of caps of Acetabularia acetabulum
Scientific classification
(unranked):Viridiplantae
Class:Ulvophyceae
Order:Dasycladales
Family:Polyphysaceae
Genus:Acetabularia
Species: A. acetabulum
Binomial name
Acetabularia acetabulum
Synonyms[1]

Acetabularia integra J. V. Lamouroux
Acetabularia mediterranea J. V. Lamouroux, 1816
Acetabulum marinum Tournefort, 1719
Acetabulum mediterraneum Lamarck, 1816
Corallina androsace Pallas, 1766
Madrepora acetabulum Linnaeus, 1758
Olivia adrosace Bertoloni, 1819
Olivia androsace (Pallas) Bertoloni, 1810
Tubularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1767

Acetabularia acetabulum is a species of green alga in the family Polyphysaceae.

Distribution

Mediterranean at the depth one to two meters.[2]

Description

This alga is unicellular.

Life cycle of Acetabularia acetabulum.

The main storage polysaccharide of Acetabularia acetabulum is starch as granules within the chloroplast’s stroma.[2]

Predators

Predators of Acetabularia acetabulum include sea slug Elysia timida.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Guiry, Michael D. (2015). Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C.Silva, 1952. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2017). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494795 on 2017-05-06
  2. 1 2 3 Laetz E. M. J., Moris V. C., Moritz L., Haubrich A. N. & Wägele H. (2017). "Photosynthate accumulation in solar-powered sea slugs - starving slugs survive due to accumulated starch reserves". Frontiers in Zoology 14: 4. doi:10.1186/s12983-016-0186-5.
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