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Peripatus is a connecting link between:

A $Mollusca and Echinodermata$
B $Annelida and Arthropoda$
C $Coelenterata and Porifera$
D $Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes$

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Peripatus (the walking worm) exhibits characteristics of both Annelida (segmented body, nephridia) and Arthropoda (jointed legs, trachea, open circulatory system). Therefore, it is considered a connecting link between these two phyla.

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Peripatus is a connecting link between:

A

Mollusca and Echinodermata

B

Annelida and Arthropoda

C

Coelenterata and Porifera

D

Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

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