Choose the wrong statements from the following

A) Mannitol is present in Gracillaria.

B) Gelidium stores floridean starch.

C) Volvox stores starch in pyrenoid

D) Laminarin is present in Ulothrix

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A, D

A, B

C, D

B, C

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Mannitol is present in brown algae like Laminaria, Sargassum, Fucus etc.

Gelidium is a red algae which stores food in the form of floridean starch.

Volvox is a green algae which stores starch in pyrenoid.

Laminarin is the reserve food material of brown algae and is not present in Ulothrix as it is a green algae.

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