NEET 2009 Biology question

Peripatus is a connecting link between:

(1)Mollusca and Echinodermata
(2)Annelida and ArthropodaCorrect
(3)Coelenterata and Porifera
(4)Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

Answer: (2)

Solution

*Peripatus* (phylum Onychophora) shows annelid features (soft, thin cuticle, segmentally arranged nephridia, thin-walled ciliated gonoducts, unjointed stumpy legs) as well as arthropod features

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Question ID VK-090197