Question

What are the major pigments found in the members belonging to class Rhodophyceae?

Answer 1

Rhodophyceae

1. Rhodophyceae is a family of plants that includes rhodo (red algae).
2. A type of marine algae that is mostly red in colour and has a filamentous or membranaceous form.
3. The major pigments are chlorophyll a and phycoerythrin.
4. Chlorophyll-a is a kind of chlorophyll that is used in the oxygenic photosynthesis process.
5. Violet-blue and orange-red light wavelengths absorb the most energy, but green and near-green light absorb poorly.
6. Phycoerythrin is a red protein-pigment complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family found in red algae as a supplement to the major chlorophyll pigments involved in photosynthesis.