''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

green algae The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...

in the family

Pycnococcaceae Pycnococcaceae is a family of green algae in the order Pseudoscourfieldiales. The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it Guillard ''et al.'' 1991 Pycnococcus ...

. The genus name of ''Scourfieldia'' is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS

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(1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the

Cladocera The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder (biology), superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory. Over 1000 sp ...

Species

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Pseudoscourfieldia marina ''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae. The genus name of ''Scourfieldia'' is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an ...

'' Also ''Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis'' now accepted as ''

Nephroselmis pyriformis ''Nephroselmis'' is a genus of green algae. It has been placed in the family Nephroselmidaceae, although a 2009 study suggests that it should be separated into its own class, Nephroselmidophyceae. One species can be an endosymbiont of ''Hatena ...

References

Chlorophyta genera Pyramimonadophyceae {{green algae-stub