NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All statements listed below are true about Chlamydomonas sp. except for
A
Its store carbohydrate in the form of starch
B
Its mode of nutrition is autotrophic
C
It has green pigment called chlorophyll
D
Its grouped under phylum Euglenophyta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chlamydomonas is a member of Protista. In earlier classification schemes it was placed under Plantae and sub category Algae along with chlorella and the main reason of it would be presence of cell wall in both.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chlamydomonas and spirogyra are both photosynthetic but one of them is a protist and the other is a plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Final Answer: Chlamydomonas And Chlorella belong to the Protista kingdom as they are unicellular, eukaryotic organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plasmodium belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa, a taxonomic group of single-celled parasites with characteristic secretory organelles at one end of the cell. Within Apicomplexa, Plasmodium is within the order Haemosporida, a group that includes all apicomplexans that live within blood cells.

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