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Family Polyphysaceae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Acetabularia crenulata

Amoray Resort, Key Largo, FL, 3 feet

WHITE MERMAID'S WINEGLASS

Common on rock or epiphytic in sheltered water.  Cap is 2cm in diameter.  A remarkable single-celled organism, see link.  Florida & the Caribbean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabularia