6
J. C. da Silva and A. T. Lombardi
Table 1.1
The distribution of chlorophylls (Chl) in algal groups (+ means pigment presence; empty means pigment absent). *present just in the genus Vaucheria
[87]
Cyanobacteria
Prochlorophyta
Glaucophyta
Rhodophyta
Chrysophyceae
Xanthophyceae
Eustigmatophyceae
Raphidophyceae
Chl a
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Chl b
Chl c1
+
+ *
+
Chl c2
+
+
Chl c3
+
Chl d
+
Chl f
+
Dictyochonophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Bacillarophyta
Haptophyta
Cryptophyta
Dinophyta
Euglenophyta
Chlorarachniophyta
Chlorophyta
Charophyta
Chl a
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Chl b
+
+
+
Chl c1
+
+
+
Chl c2
+
+
+
+
+
Chl c3
+
+
Chl d
Chl f