| Name | Vertebrata Gray |
| Authorship | Gray |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomRej |
| Placed in | Rhodomelaceae |
| Contains | Vertebrata lanosa (Linnaeus) T. A. Christensen |
| Remarks | nom. rej. vs. Polysiphonia Greville 1823 (nom. cons.). Generitype: V. fastigiata Gray, nom. illeg. (Conferva polymorpha Linnaeus) |
| Citation | 1821 [1 Nov 1821] Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 317, 338 |