EvolutionMediumBloom L4
Question
Peripatus is a connecting link between
Options
A.Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes
B.Mollusca and Echinodermata
C.Annelida and Arthropoda
D.Coelenterata and Prorifera
Solution
(b) [Key Concept: Peripatus — Connecting Link (Annelida–Arthropoda)] Peripatus (Onychophora/Velvet worms) is a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda. It possesses characters of both: annelid-like soft body with rings and paired nephridia, and arthropod-like tracheal respiration and clawed appendages. Peripatus has remained unchanged for approximately 570 million years, making it a living fossil.
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