Question

Food is stored as floridean starch in Rhodophyceae. Mannitol is the reserve food material of which group of algae?

Answer 1

Classification based on storage:

Algae can be classified based on the kind of reserve food material that is stored inside them:

● Rhodophyceae or red algae store food as floridean starch.

● Chlorophyceae or green algae store food as starch.

● Phaeophyceae or brown algae store food as mannitol and laminarin.

Brown algae:

The members of Phaeophyceae or brown algae store food as complex carbohydrates called laminarin and mannitol.

Final answer:

Brown algae (members of Phaeophyceae)