Madrepora acetabulum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1: 793. 1758.

"Habitat in O. Europaeo, Americano."

Basionym of: Tubularia acetabulum (L.) L. (1767) .

Lectotype (John in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): [icon] “Acetabulum” in Tournefort, Inst. Rei Herb.: 569, t. 338. 1700.

Current name: Acetabularia acetabulum (L.) P.C. Silva ( Dasycladaceae).