Pseudoscourfieldia Explained

Pseudoscourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae.^[1]

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

• Pseudoscourfieldia marina

Also Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis now accepted as Nephroselmis pyriformis ^[3]

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Pseudoscourfieldia. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudoscourfieldia I.Manton, 1975 . www.marinespecies.org . 23 October 2022.