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   ocr: SEAWEEDS LTHOUGH they are really multi- Acellular (many-celled) protists, seaweeds are often grouped with Green plants, because they lookl like plants seaweed and photosynthesize. Seaweeds are Red marine organisms. seaweed The main part of a seaweed is al flattened ribbonlike structure called a thallus. The thallus narrows down to a stalk that branches into a holdfast to attach the seaweed to a rock or other object. Seaweeds do not have leaves or roots. Seaweeds reproduce by releasing their sex cells directly into the water. Seaweed colors One male andone female sex cell fuse, There are three ...