【How-to】What are the differences between red and brown algae

INTRODUCTION. Brown algae, the Phaeophyceae (or Fucophyceae; Christensen, 1978), are a class (or division, Phaeophyta; Papenfuss, 1951) of algae consisting mainly of complex, macroscopic seaweeds whose brown color comes from a carotenoid pigment, fucoxanthin, and in some species, various phaeophycean tannins.