Armoured cell wall and biflagellated cells are characteristic of
A
Bascillariophyta
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B
Pyrrophyta
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C
Euglenophyta
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D
Cyanophyta
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Solution
The correct option is B Pyrrophyta Pyrrophyta/Dinoflagellates are unicellular protistan algae with complex cell wall structure. The orderly arrangement of cellulosic plates forms armoured plates known as thecae (sing: theca). Thus, the name armoured algae. They have two unequal flagella: pinnate and whiplash.
Eugnelophyta is unicellular flagellated eukaryotic protists that lack cell wall but have pellicle which is a semi-rigid proteinaceous structure. They are biflagellates with one very short and one long hairy flagellum. Bascillariophyta, protistian algae, is characterised by the presence of silica-rich cell wall composed of two parts or frustules and absence of flagella.
Cyanophyta (Kingdom Monera) is characterised by the presence of peptidoglycan cell wall and absence of flagella.