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Peripatus is a connecting link between

A

Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

B

Mollusca and Echinodermata

C

Annelida and Arthropoda

D

Coelenterata and Porifera

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C

Peripatus is connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda. It is a living fossil that has similarities to both arthropods (such as absence of external segmentation, unjoined legs, the presence of cuticle, etc) and annelides (internal segmentation, eyes and segmentally arranged nephridia etc.).
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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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