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, who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera.

Species

Scourfieldia contains the following species:

Scourfieldia caeca 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 Scourfieldia caeca
Scourfieldia marina accepted as ''Pseudoscourfieldia marina''