Scourfieldia Explained

Scourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Scourfieldiaceae.^[1] Cardiomonas Korshikov is an invalid synonym.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by George Stephen West in J. Bot. vol.50 on page 326 in 1912.

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.^[3]

Species

Scourfieldia contains the following species:^[4]

• Scourfieldia caeca (Korshikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale, 1963
• Scourfieldia complanata G. S. West, 1912
• Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda, 1916

WoRMS also accepts;^[5]

• Scourfieldia chlorolateralis
• Scourfieldia conica
• Scourfieldia ovata
• Scourfieldia quadrata

Former species;^[5]

• Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea accepted as (synonym of) Scourfieldia caeca
• Scourfieldia marina accepted as (synonym of) Pseudoscourfieldia marina

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Scourfieldia. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Book: John, D. M. . Whitton, Brian A. . Brook, Alan J. . The Freshwater Algal Flora of the Isles: An Identification guided to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae . 2002 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge, U.K. . 978-0-521-77051-4 . 285.
3. 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.
4. John, David M., Whitton, Brian A., & Brook, Alan J. (Eds). The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles: An Identification Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 286.
5. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scourfieldia G.S.West, 1912 . www.marinespecies.org . 23 October 2022.