Question

Name the pigments responsible for brown colour of Phaeophyceae and red colour of Rhodophyceae.

Answer 1

Brown algae has chlorophyll a and c. It also has the pigment fucoxanthin responsible for it's brown colour and xanthophylls .Red algae on the other hand have chlorophyll a and d. They also have a pigments rphycoerythtin ( a large amount which gives them their colour) and rphycocyanin