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Red Seaweed
- Rhodophyta
- Absorbs blue light
- Can live in deeper pelagic zones
- Ex. Dulse and Irish Moss
Brown Seaweed
- Phaeopyta
- Ex. Kelp and Rockweed
Green Seaweed
- Chlorophyta
- Lives close to the surface
- Ex. Sea Lettuce, Green Fleece, and Mermaids Hair
Parts of Seaweed
- Holdfasts- like roots, anchor the plant
- Stipe- like a stem, absorbs shock
- Blade- the big leaf of the plant
- Bladelets- small blades
- Air Bladders- pockets of air for buoyancy, so the plant can get closer to the sun for photosynthesis
- Thallus- the entire plant
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