- Source: Scourfieldia
Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae. 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:
Scourfieldia caeca (Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963
Scourfieldia complanata G. S. West, 1912
Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda, 1916
WoRMS also accepts;
Scourfieldia chlorolateralis A.G.Caljon, 2005
Scourfieldia conica Schiller, 1954
Scourfieldia ovata Kufferath, 1956
Scourfieldia quadrata Pascher, 1927
Former species;
Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea Huber-Pestalozzi, 1961 accepted as (synonym of) Scourfieldia caeca
Scourfieldia marina J.Throndsen, 1969 accepted as (synonym of) Pseudoscourfieldia marina (J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975