Q - discuss the salient features and affinities of peripatus.
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1. Onychophora are worm-like body covered with thin, flexible, chitinous cuticle
2. Onychophora are sluggish in nature.
3. Head segments are comparatively small (3 head segments in onychophores but in true arthropods head segments are 5 or 6).
4. Presence of segmentally arranged nephridia.
5. Presence of cilia in the reproductive tracts.
2. Onychophora are sluggish in nature.
3. Head segments are comparatively small (3 head segments in onychophores but in true arthropods head segments are 5 or 6).
4. Presence of segmentally arranged nephridia.
5. Presence of cilia in the reproductive tracts.
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