Question

Give scientific reason of the following:
Peripatus is said to be a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda.​

Answer 1

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Peripatus is a primitive arthropod having jointed paired legs, compound eyes and tracheas like other arthropods but also displays certain annelidan characteristics, such as worm-like segmented body, non-chitinous cuticle and segmental nephridia. Thus, it forms a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda.