Q. Select the correctly matched ones. I. Phaeophyceae - Mannitol II. Rhodophyceae - Dictyota III. Chlorophyceae - Non-motile gametes IV. Rhodophyceae - $r$-phycoerythrin
A) I, II and III
B) II, III and IV
C) I and III
D) I and IV
Explanation
In the members of Phaeophyceae or brown algae, food is stored as complex carbohydrate, which may be in the form of laminarian or D-mannitol. The members of Rhodophyceae are commonly called red algae because of the predominance of the red pigment, $r -$phycoerythrin in their body.
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