Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Ceramiales > Family Rhodomelaceae > Tribe Streblocladieae > Genus Vertebrata

Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	S.F.Gray, 1821	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Boergeseniella fruticulosa*	(Wulfen) Kylin, 1956	synonym
*Fucus fruticulosus*	Wulfen, 1791	synonym
*Polysiphonia fruticulosa*	(Wulfen) Sprengel, 1827	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
status source	Díaz-Tapia, P.; McIvor, L.; Freshwater, D. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Wynne, M. J.; Maggs, C. A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology. 52(1): 1-30.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze, 1891. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:637665