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 Fellow of the [Linnaean Society|FLS] FRMS Imperial [Service Order|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, 1963Scourfieldia complanata G. S. West, 1912Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda, 1916WoRMS also accepts; Scourfieldia chlorolateralis Scourfieldia conica Scourfieldia ovata Scourfieldia quadrata
Former species;Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea accepted as Scourfieldia caeca Scourfieldia marina accepted as ''Pseudoscourfieldia marina''