Question

Peripatus is a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda. In addition the other character of zoological importance in this animal is ?

• A. Habitat
• B. Living fossil
• C. Jointed legs
• D. Distribution

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The correct option is B Living fossil
The living animals which possess some characters of two different groups of animal are called connecting link. Peripatus is a primitive arthropod having joined paired legs, compound eyes and trachea like other arthropods but also displays certain annelidan characteristics, such as worm-like segmented body, non-chitinous cuticle and segmental nephridia. It forms a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda and is considered as the living fossil, which regards the animal as zoologically important.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.