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Which of the following pigments are responsible for the varying brown colour of members of Phaeophyceae and the red colouration in Rhodophyceae?
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The members of Phaeophyceae possess chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids and fucoxanthin. The presence of fucoxanthin is responsible for their characteristic brown colour. The members of Rhodophyceae have chlorophyll 
and phycoerythrin. The red colour of these algae is due to the presence of phycoerythrin pigment.
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