SCIENCE
PLANT KINGDOM
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Question
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Rhodophyceae
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Chlorophyceae
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Phaeophyceae
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In all the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The phaeophyceae are the brown algae. The photosythetic pigments include chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-c, carotenoids, fucoxanthin, and other xanthophylls.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phaeophyceae or brown algae comprise about 2000 species that are mostly marine. They possess abundant of fucoxanthin pigment along with chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fucoxanthin is present in brown algae like Sargassum.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chlorophyll a, c, fucoxanthin and carotenoids are the photosynthetic pigments found in the Dictyota (amember of Phaeophyceae.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fucoxanthin is the main carotenoid produced in brown algae as a component of the light-harvesting complex for photosynthesis and photoprotection.