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Algae
Question

How many among the given characteristics are true for the given organism?

(I)     Store food in the form of starch.

(II)    The cell wall is composed of cellulose and algin.

(III)   Major photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d and phycoerythrin.

(IV)  Biflagellate zoospores with two unequal laterally attached flagella.

(V)   Gametes are pyriform and bear two laterally attached flagella.

(VI)  They are usually grass green in colour

(VII)  These organisms range from simple branched filamentous forms to profusely branched forms as represented by kelps

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Solution

It is brown alga Dictyota. It has dichotomously branched frond. Biflagellate gametes or zoospores with two unequal flagella inserted on the lateral side and has algin and cellulose in the cell wall.

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