2006-07-09 13:23:28 · 3 answers · asked by mrkittypong 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
What type of algae? There is one phylum of animals, one phylum of plants and several phyla of algae.
plants use cellulose to give them structure, some algae uses cellulose but not all, they use other sugars for structure.
honestly you asked a question that could be a large volume of books. There are so many different kinds of algae that i didn't even know it had a characteristic shape. Algae can be a single celled organism or 60 foot tall kelp and everything in between. Some have air sac like structures to help them float.
Color is a little bit simpler, this just relates back to what pigment the algae uses for photosynthesis. If it uses chlorophyll, it will be greenish.
honestly I am just typing answers to a question that doesn't make sense. There are so many species of algae that if they had a characteristic shape or shapes it would be even more extreme than every plant and fungi looking all like and having a characteristic shape.
2006-07-09 14:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by nigel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cell walls and microtubules that hold its shape. Plants, including algae, have cellulose in their cell wall, which makes them stronger...
2006-07-09 13:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by mityaj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
color is determined by technique of the enviorment wherein Plankton survives, So do Coral reefs' Migration may reason this change in color. look at the Australian/ African and South American coral reefs !
2016-11-30 22:59:19 · answer #3 · answered by curlee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋