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Red Algae belong to the phylum?
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Rhodophyta
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Although a few are unicellular, most members of Rhodophyta have these two kinds of thallus.
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Filamentous or membranous
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Red algae are some of the only eukaryotic algae that contain these two accessory pigments.
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phycoerythrin or phycocyanine
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This is a membranous example and is used as food in many Asian cultures.
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What is Porphyra?
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This type of red algae is a filamentous form that can be found on many marine substrates.
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What is Polysiphonia
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Polysiphonia has what distinct reproductive structures?
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spermatangial branches, crystocarps and tetrasporangia.
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Many red algae have this type of life history.
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what is triphasic?
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The brown algae belong to what class?
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Phaeophyceae
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Although some brown algae are filamentous some have a thallus with what three distinct parts?
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The blade, stipe, and holdfast.
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The color of the thallus of Phaeophycetes comes from the concentrations of what accessory pigment?
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fucoxanthin
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