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Which one of the following animals exhibits characters as 'connecting link' of evolution?

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Limulus
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Sphenodon
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Peripatus
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Pheretima
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Solution

The correct option is C Peripatus
  • Peripatus is connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda.
  • It is a living fossil that has similarities to both arthropods ( such as absence of external segmentation, unjoined legs, the presence of cuticle, etc) and annelide(internal segmentation, eyes and segmentally arranged nephridia etc.)
  • Hence Peripatus exhibits characters as 'connecting link' of evolution.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Peripatus'.

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