Several Shapes exist. They can be Large & Laminate (flat) or Small & Ovoid.
They have a Double Membrane.
However, they
have one peculiarity that is noteworthy. The Chloroplasts are enveloped by Endoplasmic Reticulum which is continuous with the Nuclear Envelope.
They
do not have Grana per se but they have characteristic Stacks of Three Thylakoids.
They have a
higher level of chloroplast organization than the Rhodophyta
There are No
Phycobillins or Phycobillisomes
They are Eukaryotes and have membrane bound
organelles that are Similar to "Higher Plants" .
They have Flagellated
Gametes but they do not have any flagellated vegetative cells.