Peripatus is known as a connecting link, because it has the characters of both

Aves and Fishes

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Reptiles and Birds

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Fishes and Amphibians

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Arthropoda and Annelids

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Solution

The correct option is D Arthropoda and Annelids
Peripatus is an Onychophora animal. It is a connecting link between Annelids and Arthropods. Like annelids, it has continuous muscle layers in the body wall, unjointed leg like parapodia, nephridia for excretion and simple gut. Main arthropod characters are claws on the legs, haemocoel, tracheae for respiration, dorsal hearts with ostia etc.
So, the correct answer is 'Arthropoda and Annelida'

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