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This provides brown colour to algae

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Chlorophyll a

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Phycocyanin

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C

Fucoxanthin

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D

Chlorophyll b

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Solution

The correct option is D Fucoxanthin
Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll pigment. It is an accessory pigment in the chloroplasts of brown algae. It gives characteristic brown color to algae.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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