Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae.See the NCBI webpage on Scourfieldia. Data extracted from the Cardiomonas Korshikov is an invalid synonym.
The genus was circumscribed by George Stephen West in J. Bot. vol.50 on page 326 in 1912.
The genus name of Scourfieldia is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera.
Species Scourfieldia contains the following species:John, David M., Whitton, Brian A., & Brook, Alan J. (Eds). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 286. Scourfieldia caeca (Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963 Scourfieldia complanata G. S. West, 1912 Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda, 1916
WoRMS also accepts; Scourfieldia chlorolateralis Scourfieldia conica Scourfieldia ovata Scourfieldia quadrata
Former species; Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea accepted as (synonym of) Scourfieldia caeca Scourfieldia marina accepted as (synonym of) Pseudoscourfieldia marina
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