Question

Apart from chlorophyll, algae have several other pigments in their chloroplast. What pigments are found in blue-green, red and brown algae that are responsible for their characteristic colours?

Answer 1

pigments found in 
-->bluegreen algae- phycobilins
-->red algae-phycoerythin
-->brown algae-fucoxanthin, carotenoids and xanthophylls