Question

Which are chlorophyllous protists?

• A. Dinoflagellates and diatoms
• B. Diatoms and Sargassum
• C. Euglena and diatoms
• D. Both A and C

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both A and C

There are many different groups of phytoplankton species found many different groups of phytoplankton species found in world’s ocean, but among the most common are diatoms, dinoflagellates. These algae have primary chloroplasts, i.e., the chloroplasts are surrounded by two membranes and probably developed through a single endosymbiotic event. Euglena is a unicellular protist which has chloroplast.The chloroplasts of red algae often have chlorophyll a and c, and phycobilins, while those of green algae have chloroplasts with chlorophyll a and b without phycobilins. thusthe correct answer is option D.