Pseudoscourfieldia is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae.
The genus name of Scourfieldia is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield FLS FRMS ISO (1866âÂÂ1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera.
Also Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis now accepted as Nephroselmis pyriformis