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Division Rhodophyta includes what is commonly known as Red algae due to the presence of pigments r-phycoerythrin and r-phycocyanin, which masks the other chlorophyll a and d. Except some members, majority of the red algae are marine and occur at all latitudes mostly in littoral and sublittoral areas of oceans. The thalli ranged from unicellular to multicellular, parenchymatous and characterized by pit connections between the adjacent cells. The storage product of the red algae is Floridean starch. Asexual reproduction takes place by different types of spores (monospores, neutral spores, etc.) while sexual reproduction is oogamous where the male spermatangium fuses with the female carpogonium. The spermatangia are non-motile so it depends on water current for the fertilization. In some red algae such as Polysiphonia, post fertilization changes occur resulting in the formation of carposporophyte which is parasitic on the gametophyte plant. This carposporophyte produces carpospores which in turn give rise to another diploid plant, tetrasporophyte. In red algae types of life cycle are recognized, diphasic and triphasic.
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Mayanglambam, A., Sahoo, D. (2015). Red Algae. In: Sahoo, D., Seckbach, J. (eds) The Algae World. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7321-8_7
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