Evaluation · Q12
Q.Mention the pigments and storage food of Dinophyceae.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Referring to Fritsch's classification table, each algal class is defined partly by its characteristic pigment combination and partly by what it stores as reserve food.
Step 2. For Dinophyceae, the pigments recorded are chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c, together with carotenoids and xanthophyll.
Step 3. The class is also distinguished by its flagellation — two unequal whiplash flagella inserted laterally, in different planes — though that is not what this question asks for. …
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