[1] The genus name of Korshikoviella is in honour of Aleksandr Arkadievich Korshikov (1889–1942), who was a Ukrainian botanist from the National University of Kharkiv.

Korshikoviella consists of single cells that are epiphytic or epizoic on freshwater algae or crustaceans, or sometimes planktonic.

Zoospores have two flagella, a contractile vacuole, one band-shaped pyrenoid-bearing chloroplast, and an stigma.

[6] Korshikoviella is found in the coastal areas of lentic ecosystems, and is generally associated with other algae.

K. gracilipes appears to have evolutionary adaptations to an epizoic lifestyles, such as timing zoospore and cyst formation with the molting process of Daphnia.