Pseudoscourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Pyramimonadophyceae |
| Order: | Pseudoscourfieldiales |
| Family: | Pycnococcaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudoscourfieldia I.Manton |
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.[2]
Species
edit- Pseudoscourfieldia marina (J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975
Also Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis (Butcher) R.E.Norris, 1980 now accepted as Nephroselmis pyriformis (N.Carter) Ettl, 1982[3]
References
edit- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Pseudoscourfieldia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudoscourfieldia I.Manton, 1975". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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