Bring out the differences between chlorophyceae and phaeophyceae.

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Phaeophyceae	Chlorophyceae
(i) Marine forms. Unicellular forms do not exist.	Chiefly fresh water in nature. Unicellular species are more.
(ii) Fucoxanthin is present, which is responsible for the brown colour of the algae	Chlorophyll ‘a’ is present. Fucoxanthin is absent.
(iii) Reserve food is laminarin	Reserve food is starch.

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