Vertebrata decipiens (Montagne) Kuntze 1891

Current name: Vertebrata decipiens (Montagne) Kuntze
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 1 mmJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Vertebrata decipiens (Montagne) Kuntze 1891: 928

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 1891

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Vertebrata is Vertebrata fastigiata S.F.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia decipiens Montagne

Type Information
Type locality: Toud Island (Warrior Islet), Torres Strait, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 539) Notes: Type from the Auckland Is (d’ Urville), on fuci; holotype in Herb. Montagne, PC; isotypes in TCD (Womersley 2003: 208). Ins. Auckland: d'Urville (Index Nominum Algarum). Womersley (1979: 501) notes that there is doubt as to whether Auckland Islands is the type locality of P decipiens, since there appear to be no other collections of it from here. There is also doubt about the localities of other species recorded by Montagne (1845)... In most cases the identification seems correct but the locality appears to be in error; probably labelling of specimens was not carried out when collected and the Auckland Is. or New Zealand specimens in doubt may have come from Tasmania.

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), deceiving (used of a species closely resembling another) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 October 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 July 2025