Phaeophyta
The brown algae, in the division Phaeophyta, have the pigments fucoxanthin, chlorophyll a and c, and carotenes. They use laminarin as a storage product and contain the gels algin and fucoidan.
Brown Algae
Laminariales: Macrocystis pyrifera
Laminariales: Postelia palmaeformis
© 1996 R. H. Lin