A student observed an algae with chlorophyll a, b and phycoerythrin, it should belong to

Phaeophyta

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Rhodophyta

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Chlorophyta

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Bacillariophyta

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The correct option is B
Rhodophyta

The scientific name of red Algae is Rhodophyta and they belong to Class Rhodophyceae. The algal class rhodophyceae contains a red pigment (r-phycocrythrin) and a blue pigment (r-phycocynin) in the chromatophore.

These pigments can utilize those wavelengths of light (blue-.green region of spectrum, i.e., 480-520 nm) that are not absorbed by chlorophyll. This enables red algae to grow at greater depths than other plants (upto 300 ft.below water). In addition to these, chl.-a, chl.-b, carotenes and xanthophylls are present.

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