Photic zone is the the zone- the urface layer of the ocean that receives sunlight.It is also called the euphotic or limnetic zone. The sunlight enables<span> photosynthesis, so many plants and other photosynthetic organisms live in this zone and food is abundant.</span>
From the given options, the algae must live in the photic zone of the ocean biome.
This varieation can be justified because since they had different variations they probably had different niches which led them to evolve differently,this will help because the two species will have no competition