Red algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest and largest phyla of eukaryotic algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 genera amidst ongoing taxonomic revisions. The major
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Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa, Daedalus Reef, Red Sea, Egypt
Porphyra umbilicalis Helgoland
Algae are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic organisms. It excludes the land plants. Such organisms range from microscopic unicellular microalgae to seaweeds, multicellular macroalgae
Red algae
…or Rhodophyta (, ; from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) 'rose' and φυτόν (phutón) 'plant'), make up one of the oldest and largest phyla of eukaryotic algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 genera amidst ongoing taxonomic revisions. The majority of species (6,793) are in the class…
Marine algae growing on the sea bed in shallow waters
Freshwater microscopic unicellular and colonial algae
False-color scanning electron micrograph of the unicellular coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica
The kelp forest exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium: A three-dimensional, multicellular thallus