How are Algae divided into phyla?
What type of algae has glass-like shells made of silica?
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2007-04-18 12:36:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Algae are classified according to their colors: green, golden, red, brown, ...
Diatoms have two part silica shells. These are in Phylum Chrysophyta, the golden algae.
2007-04-18 12:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
algae are divided on the basis of their colour, pigmentation, storage material, flagella etc. ie 1. chlorophyta
2. xanthophyceae 3. chrysophyceae(also the ans to your 2nd question) 4.bacillariophyceae 5.cryptophyceae 6.dinophyceae 7.rhodophyceae 8. cyanophyceae(now under bacteria) 9. chloromonadineae 10. euglenophyceae 11. phaeophyceae
2007-04-18 22:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
algae are divided into phyla by dividing.
the algae that has glass-like shells made of silica is the algae that has glass-like shells made of silica
2007-04-18 12:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋