Question

Q.13) What is a Rhodophyta (Red Algae) and write its characteristics?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

• Rhodophyta, are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing.

characteristics- The red colour of these algae results from the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, Chlorophyll a (no Chlorophyll b), beta-carotene and a number of unique xanthophylls

Answer 2

Answer:

Rhodophyta (red algae) A phylum of algae that are often pink or red in colour due to the presence of the pigments phycocyanin and phycoerythrin. Members of the Rhodophyta may be unicellular or multicellular; the latter form branched flattened thalli or filaments.

Explanation:

Characteristics

• Characteristics absence of flagella and centrioles.

• floridean starch as a storage product and the storage of starch in the cytoplasm

• phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, and allophycocyanin as accessory pigments.

• unstacked thylakoids in plastids

• no chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum.