NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Green algae belong to the phylum Chlorophyta, which contains the green pigment chlorophyll, and are most closely linked to plants due to pigments that are comparable.

Detailed explanation-2: -The chlorophytes (Chlorophyta) make up most of the green algae. Chlorophyta is a paraphyletic group (having descended from a common ancestral group but not including all the descendant groups. They are greenish in color due to the abundance of chlorophyll pigments in the thylakoids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chlorophyta or Prasinophyta is a taxon of green algae informally called chlorophytes. The name is used in two very different senses, so care is needed to determine the use by a particular author.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chlorophyta are commonly known as green algae and sometimes, loosely, as seaweed. They grow primarily in freshwater and saltwater, although some are found on land. They may be unicellular (one cell), multicellular (many cells), colonial (a loose aggregation of cells), or coenocytic (one large cell).