Vertebrata S.F.Gray, 1821: 317, 338
Holotype species: Vertebrata fastigiata S.F.Gray
Currently accepted name for the type species: Vertebrata lanosa (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen
Original publication and holotype designation:Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
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Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Nomenclatural notes
Vertebrata S.F.Gray is a nom. rej. vs. Polysiphonia Greville 1823 (nom. cons.); but if the generitype is considered to represent a genus other than Polysiphonia, the name may be used. - (9 Sep 2010) - M.D. Guiry
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Numbers of names and species: There are 266 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 1 has been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Vertebrata acanthina (J.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata aculeata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata adscendens (Meneghini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata agardhiana Kuntze P
Vertebrata amoena (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata angustissima (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata anisogona (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata arachnoidea (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata arborescens (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata arctica (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata arenaria (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata arenicola (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata argus (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata asperula (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata aterrima (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata atra (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata atricapilla (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata atrorubescens (Dillwyn) Kuntze P
Vertebrata aurata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata australis (C.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata baileyi (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata bambusina (Meneghini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata bangii Kuntze S
Vertebrata bartlingiana (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata biasolettiana (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata binderi (Sonder ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze P
Vertebrata blandii (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata breviarticulata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata brodiei (Dillwyn) Kuntze S
Vertebrata byssacea (Kützing) Kuntze S
Vertebrata byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) Kuntze P
Vertebrata caespitula (Sonder) Kuntze P
Vertebrata callitricha (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata calothrix (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata camptoclada (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata cancellata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata castagnei (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata ceratoclada (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata cervicornis (Kützing) Kuntze S
Vertebrata chrysoderma (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata coarctata (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata codicola (Zanardini ex Frauenfeld) Kuntze P
Vertebrata colensoi (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata collabens (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata comatula (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata commutata (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata complanata (Clemente) Kuntze P
Vertebrata condensata (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata coralloides (Suhr ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata corymbifera (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata corymbosa (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata crassiuscula (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata curta (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata cuspidata (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata cymosa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dalmatica (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dasyiformis (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata decipiens (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dendritica (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata denticulata Kuntze P
Vertebrata denudata (Dillwyn) Kuntze P
Vertebrata derbesii (Solier ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata deusta (Roth) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dichocephala (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dichotoma (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dictyurus (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dillwynii (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata disticha (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata divaricata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata divergens (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dumosa (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata dysanophora (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata echinata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata elongata (Hudson) Kuntze P
Vertebrata elongella (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata ericoides (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata erythraea (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata erythrocoma (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata exigua (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata exilis (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata falcata (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fasciculata (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fastigiata S.F.Gray S - type
Vertebrata ferox (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fibrata (Dillwyn) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fibrillosa (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata figariana (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata filipendula (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata flabelliformis (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata flabellulata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata flexella (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata flocculosa (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata foeniculacea (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata forcipata Kuntze S
Vertebrata fracta (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata frutex (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fucoides (Hudson) Kuntze P
Vertebrata funebris (De Notaris ex J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata furcellata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata fuscescens (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata gaudichaudii (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata glomerulata (C.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata gonatophora (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata gorgoniae (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata guernisaci (P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Kuntze P
Vertebrata haematites (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hamulifera (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hapalacantha (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata harlandii (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata harveyi (Bailey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata havanensis (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata heringii (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata hirta (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hispida (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hookeri (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata humilis (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hypnoides (Welwitsch) Kuntze P
Vertebrata hystrix (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata implexa (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata impolita (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata incompta (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata incurva (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata infestans (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata insidiosa (Greville ex J.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata intricata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata juncea (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata kellneri (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata kuetzingiana Kuntze P
Vertebrata lanosa (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen C
Vertebrata lasiorhiza (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata laxa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata laxiuscula (Meneghini ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lepadicola (Lyngbye) Kuntze P
Vertebrata leptoclada (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata leptura (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata linocladia (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata longiarticulata (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lophura (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lophuroides (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lusitanica (Montagne ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lutensis (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata lyallii (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata macrocephala (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata macroclonia (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata mallardiae (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata melanochroa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata microcarpa (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata mollis (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata monilifera (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata monocarpa (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata morrowii (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata multicapsularis (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata myriococca (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nana (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nebulosa (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata neglecta (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nigfita (Sonder) Kuntze S
Vertebrata nigrita (Sonder) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nitens (Meneghini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nodifera (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata nutans (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata obscura (Sonder) Kuntze P
Vertebrata olneyi (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata opaca (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata ophiocarpa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata orbigniana (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata ornata (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata paniculata (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pantophloea (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pappeana (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata parasitica (Hudson) Kuntze P
Vertebrata parvula Kuntze P
Vertebrata patens (Greville) Kuntze P
Vertebrata patersonis (Sonder) Kuntze S
Vertebrata patula (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pauperula (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pecten (Areschoug) Kuntze S
Vertebrata pecten-veneris (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pectinella (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata pennata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata phleborhiza (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata polycarpa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata polychotoma (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata polymorpha (Linnaeus) Kuntze P
Vertebrata polyphora (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata polyphysa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata purpurea (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pycnocoma (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pycnophloea (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata pygmaea (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata radicans (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata regularis (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata repens (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata requienii (Montagne ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata richardsonii (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata rigens (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata rigidula (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata robusta (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata roeana (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata rostrata (Sonder) Kuntze S
Vertebrata rudis (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata rufolanosa (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata rugulosa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata rutilans (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata sanguinea (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata saxicola (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata scoparia (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata scopulorum (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata secunda (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata secundata (Suhr ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata senticulosa (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata sertularioides (Grateloup) Kuntze P
Vertebrata setigera (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata simpliciuscula (P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Kuntze P
Vertebrata simulans (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata solieri (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata spiculifera (Zanardini ex Kützing) Kuntze S
Vertebrata spinifera (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata spinosa (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata spinosissima (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata spinulosa (Greville) Kuntze P
Vertebrata squarrosa (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata stangeri (J.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata stictophlaea (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata stimpsonii (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata strictissima (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata strictoides (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata stuposa (Zanardini ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata subadunca (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata subcontinua (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata subtilissima (Montagne) Kuntze P
Vertebrata subulata (Ducluzeau) Kuntze P
Vertebrata subulifera (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata succulenta (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata sulivanae (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tasmanica (Sonder) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tenebrosa (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tenella (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tenerrima (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tenuistriata (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata thuyoides (Harvey) Kuntze S
Vertebrata thwaitesii (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Kuntze S
Vertebrata thyrsigera (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata trichodes (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata tripinnata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata umbellifera (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata urbana (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Kuntze P
Vertebrata utricularis (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata vaga (Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata vagabunda (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata variabilis (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata variegata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata veneta (Zanardini) Kuntze P
Vertebrata versicolor (J.Hooker & Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata verticillata (Harvey) Kuntze P
Vertebrata vestita (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata vidovichii (Meneghini ex Kützing) Kuntze P
Vertebrata villum (J.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata violacea (Roth) Kuntze P
Vertebrata virgata (C.Agardh) Kuntze P
Vertebrata woodii (Harvey) Kuntze P
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.
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