Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea Huber-Pestalozzi, nom. illeg. 1961

Publication Details
Scourfieldia magnopyrenoidea Huber-Pestalozzi, nom. illeg. 1961: 63

Published in: Huber-Pestalozzi, G. (1961). Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers. Systematik und Biologie. 5. Teil. Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen). Ordnung: Volvocales. In: Die Binnengewässer Band XVI, Teil 5. (Thienemann, A. Eds), pp. [i]-xii, [1]-744. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scourfieldia is Scourfieldia complanata G.S.West.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scourfieldia caeca (Korschikov) J.H.Belcher & Swale.

Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, Ø. (2011). Primitive green algae ('Prasinophyta'). In: The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Second edition. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 358-363. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Created: 29 December 2007 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 January 2015

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: unwarranted change of epithet. - (29 December 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 January 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 June 2025