''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a
genus of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the family
Pycnococcaceae
Pycnococcaceae is a family (biology), 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.'' ...
.
The genus name of ''Scourfieldia'' is in honour of
David Joseph Scourfield
David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO (October 20, 1866 – October 3, 1949) was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera. He served as president of the Quekett Microscopical Club and vice president of the Roya ...
FLS FRMS ISO (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the
Cladocera.
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 Fellow of the Linnaean Society, FLS FRMS Imperial Service Order, ISO (1866–1949), who was ...
''(J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975
Also ''Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis'' now accepted as ''
Nephroselmis pyriformis''
References
External links
Chlorophyta genera
Pyramimonadophyceae
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