NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these are examples of protists that act as food source?
A
Chlorella sp.
B
Euglena sp.
C
Fucus sp.
D
Agaricus sp.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -3.13 Bladder wrack (Fucus spp.) Bladder wrack is a brown algae from the genus Fucus. It is widespread along the coastlines of most parts of the world. The best-known bladder wrack is F. vesiculosus (Mouritsen, 2013).

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of protists include various unicellular red algae, such as Cyanidioschyzon merolae; unicelluar green algae, such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; and marine diatoms, such as Thalassiosira pseudonana.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Protozoa is often divided into 4 phyla : Amoebalike protists, flagellates, ciliates, and spore-forming protists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fucus is representative of an interesting group of organisms that are commonly seen attached to rocks and visible at low tide in the intertidal zone. Most of the organisms called ‘seaweeds’ are brown algae, although some are red algae and a few are green algae.

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