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Question:

Which one is wrongly matched?

Unicellular organism - Chlorella

Biflagellate zoospores - Brown algae

Gemma cups - Marchantia

Uniflagellate gametes - Polysiphonia

Solution:

(a) Gemma cups are the green, multicellular, asexual bud present in the thallus helps in asexual reproduction in Marchantia (b) Polysiphonia is a red algae. They do not possess uniflagellate gametes and sexually reproduces by non-motile gametes (c) Chlorella is the unicellular algae and belongs to Chlorophyceae (d) Biflagellate zoospores are the pear-shaped structure with two unequal laterally attached flagella. It helps in asexual reproduction in brown algae. Thus, the correct answer is option B.