Which of the following statements about the life cycle and characteristics of algae is correct?
- ARed algae store food as floridean starch, which is structurally similar to amylopectin and glycogen
- BGreen algae typically have a rigid cell wall made of cellulose, pectin, and algin
- CBrown algae possess chlorophyll a, c, and fucoxanthin, and store food as mannitol or laminarin, with a cell wall primarily composed of cellulose and carrageen
- DAll algae are exclusively aquatic and show only isogamous type of sexual reproduction
✓ Correct answer: A
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