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Example of living fossil arthropods is

A
Cimex
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Triarthus
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C
Peripatus
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D
Eupagurus
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Solution

The correct option is B Peripatus
Peripatus is a genus of Onychophora (velvet worms). Peripatus is an invertebrate and is a living fossil because the living members appear similar to fossil species as much as 570 million years old.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

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