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Peripatus is a connecting link between:

Option: 1

Mollusca and Echinodermata


Option: 2

Annelida and Arthropoda


Option: 3

Coelenterata and Porifera


Option: 4

Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes


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Peripatus is the link between annelids and arthropods. Some annelid features of

Peripatus are:

1. Thick cuticle present.

2. Simple eyes exist.

3. The body is pseudo-segmented and worm-like.

4. The excretory organ is the kidney. 

Some characteristics of the arthropods of Peripatus are:

1.the presence of antennae.

2. The trachea is the respiratory organ.

3. Presence of claws and pseudo-segmented walking legs.

Hence, option 2 is correct.

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Irshad Anwar

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