Identify the given figures of algae and select the correct option.

(A) - Fucus, (B) - Polysiphonia

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(A) - Dictyota, (B) - Polysiphonia

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(A) - Dictyota, (B) - Porphyra

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(A) - Porphyra, (B) - Polysiphonia

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Solution

The correct option is C (A) - Dictyota, (B) - Polysiphonia
Dictyota is seaweed of class Phaeophyceae. They are marine and having laminarin, mannitol as their reserve foods. They have pigments like chlorophyll a, c, fucoxanthin.
Polysiphonia is a red algae, it is usually well branched and they are attached to rocky surface or base with the help of rhizoids.
So,the correct answer is " Dictyota, Polysiphonia ".

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