name are the two forms of algae
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Chrysophyta (Golden-brown algae and Diatoms) are the most abundant types of single-celled algae (approximately 100,000 different species). Pyrrophyta (Fire algae) are single-celled algae. ... Paeophyta (Brown algae) are among the largest species. Examples include both seaweed and kelp.
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• Forms of Algae :-
• Chlorophyceae :-
» These are also known as green algae.
» They have pigments - chlorophyll-a , chlorophyll-b, carotenes and xanthophylls.
» They store food in the form of starch.
• Examples : Chlamydomonas, Spirogyra, etc.
• Rhodophyceae :-
» These are also known as red algae.
» They have pigments - chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-d, carotenes and xanthophylls.
» They store food in the form of floridean starch.
• Examples : Polysiphonia, Porphyra, etc.
• Phaeophyceae :-
» They are also known as brown algae.
» They have pigments - chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-c, carotenes and xanthophylls.
» They store food in the form of laminarin and mannitol.
• Examples : Fucus, Dictyota, etc.
• Cyanophyceae :-
» They are also known as blue green algae.
» They have pigments - chlorophyll-a, carotene myxoxanthin.
» They store food in the form of cyanophycean starch.
• Examples : Anabaena, Nostoc, etc.
• Xanthophyceae :-
» They are also known as yellow-green algae.
» They have pigments - chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-e, carotenes and excess of xanthophylls.
» They store food in the form of oil and granules.
• Examples : Botrydium, etc.
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