Differentiate between red algae and brown algae?

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Red Algae Brown Algae
The cell wall is made of cellulose. pectin and phycocolloids The cell wall is made of cellulose and algin
Photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d and phycoerythrin Photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll a. chlorophyll c and fucoxanthin
Classified under the class Rhodophyceae Classified under the class Phaeophyceae
Stored form of food in floridean starch Stored form of food in laminarin or mannitol
Examples include Porphyridium, Chondrus Examples include Fucus, Ectocarpus

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Red Algae	Brown Algae
The cell wall is made of cellulose. pectin and phycocolloids	The cell wall is made of cellulose and algin
Photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d and phycoerythrin	Photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll a. chlorophyll c and fucoxanthin
Classified under the class Rhodophyceae	Classified under the class Phaeophyceae
Stored form of food in floridean starch	Stored form of food in laminarin or mannitol
Examples include Porphyridium, Chondrus	Examples include Fucus, Ectocarpus