Which statement about brown algae is false?
A) One genus floats in mats in the mid-Atlantic Sargasso Sea.
B) Silica-impregnated cell walls produce intricate patterns unique to each species.
C) A specialized holdfast aids in attachment to a surface.
D) Their chloroplasts contain the carotenoid fucoxanthin.
E) They are multicellular.

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Brown algae have cell walls made of cellulose and alginic acid, not silica. Silica is found in diatoms.

Which Statement About Brown Algae Is False