Describe the structure and affinities of peripatus
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Peripatus is special interest because its body shows certain structural characteristic of annelids and other structures found in arthropods.
They are regarded as an intermediate stage/connection between Annelida and Arthropoda.
Peripatus is a terrestrial animal found in moist places and in crevices of rocks under bark, stones, logs and underneath fallen leaves and dark and damp places.
Its generally confined to humid habitats.
Answer:
Peripatus:
→ Peripatus is An arthropod and is a connecting link between annelida and arthropoda.
→It's arthropod characters include haemocoel, tracheae as respiratory organs and tubular heart with Ostia.
→The annelid characters exhibited are the worm like body, structure of the eyes, unjointed legs, presence of segmental nephridia, soft cuticle and continuous muscle layer in the body wall.