Question

describe the general characters and affonities of peripatus​

Answer 1

is called living fossil and acts as connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda and exhibits following affinities: Annelidan affinities

Answer 2

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. It is a carnivores, predaceous and nocturnal arthropod found commonly in crevices of rocks, under stones and wood in damp tropical regions.

2. Body cylindrical, elongated and without true segmentation and exoskeleton.

3. Skin velvety and is thrown into numerous transverse grooves (wrinkles), which bear spiny papillae.

4. Distinct head is absent but anterior end bears a pair of segmented antennae, a pair of jaws, a pair of eyes and a pair of oral papillae having slime gland at their base.

5. Along the body, on lateral sides, are present about 14 pairs of un-segmented and stumpy appendages for movement.