Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
phylum within thekingdom Protista — thered algae .
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- noun lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
Etymologies
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Rhodophyta contains the pigment phycobilin, giving it a red color while the group Chrysophaceae contain the pigment fucoxanthin which gives them a golden color.
Phytoplankton 2008
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For example, Rhodophyta (red algae) store energy in the form of floridean starch, whereas the Phaeophyceae (brown algae) store their energy in the form of laminarin.
Phytoplankton 2008
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More than 80 species of green (Chlorophyta), brown (Phaeophyta) and red (Rhodophyta) algae have been identified at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
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Gracilaria lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) integrated into fed fish culture in coastal waters of north China.
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Rhodophyta can only tell if there are cystocarps (2n +n) on the gametophyte (n) otherwise it is a tetrasporophyte (2n)
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Rhodophyta can only tell if there are cystocarps (2n +n) on the gametophyte (n) otherwise it is a tetrasporophyte (2n)
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Rhodophyta if with bumps then gametophyte (n) with cytocarps (2n+n) otherwise it is the tetrosporophyte
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Rhodophyta if with bumps then gametophyte (n) with cytocarps (2n+n) otherwise it is the tetrosporophyte
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Foraminiferans Kingdom "uncertain" (Foraminifera) Mainly macroscopic and multicellular • Brown algae Stramenopila (Phaeophyta) • Red algae Rhodophyta Many single celled and macroscopic species • Green algae Chlorophyta Of these eight photosynthetic groups, only the green algae have colonized and become well established in terrestrial environments.
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Rhodophyta live in both freshwater and salt water, even though mostly are marine organisms.
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