Question

Peripatus is the connecting link between

• A. Molluscs and arthropods
• B. Reptiles and mammals
• C. Annelids and arthropoda
• D. Annelida and helminthes

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Annelids and arthropoda

Peripatus is the connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda.

Some Annelidan characters of Peripatus are:

1. Presence of thick cuticle.

2. Presence of simple eyes.

3. Body is pseudosegmented and worm-like.

4. An excretory organ is nephridia.

Some Arthropod characters of Peripatus are:

1. Presence of antennae.

2. The trachea is the respiratory organ.

3. Presence of clawed and pseudosegmented walking legs.

So, the correct answer is C.