Rhodophyta (Survey)

• Basic Characteristics of the phylum Rhodophyta

  A) Floridean starch

  B) 2

  C) 0

  
• Pit connections - protein plug core between 2 cells in a thallus. It's formed during cell division
• Cell walls predominantly made of Cellulose, some of xylan polymers
• Rhodophytes are able to live in deep water because of phycoerythrin's ability to absorb in the blue light range
• Descriptions of Selected Groups in Rhodophyta

  A) Cyanidiales

  B) Porphyridiales