I: | Ectocarpus is profusely branched and may reach a height of 100 meters. |
II: | Kelps are simple branched filamentous brown algae. |
1. | Major pigments are chlorophyll a, c, fucoxanthin |
2. | Food is stored as complex carbohydrates which may be in the form of Laminarin or Mannitol |
3. | Vegetative cells have chitinous wall usually covered on the outside by a gelatinous coating of algin |
4. | Flagellar number and insertions are 2, unequal and lateral |
I. | Asexual reproduction is by biflagellate zoospores that are pear shaped and have two unequal and laterally attached flagella. |
II. | The gametes are pyriform [pear shaped] and bear two laterally attached flagella. |
1. | Frond | 2. | Stipe |
3. | Holdfast | 4. | Rhizoid |
Which of the following statements would be true for brown algae?
1. | Major pigments are chlorophyll a, c and fucoxanthin. |
2. | Food is stored as floridean starch. |
3. | Vegetative cells have wall made of cellulose, pectin and polysulphate esters. |
4. | Flagellar number and insertions are 2, equal and apical. |
Sexual reproduction is oogamous and accompanied by complete post-fertilization developments in the members of:
1. Chlorophyceae
2. Phaeophyceae
3. Rhodophyceae
4. Both Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae
1. | Polysiphonia | 2. | Laminaria |
3. | Gracilaria | 4. | Gelidium |
1. | Red algae | 2. | Green algae |
3. | Brown algae | 4. | Blue green algae |