''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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

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

Species

* ''

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 ''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 a ...

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Chlorophyta genera Pyramimonadophyceae {{green algae-stub