Peripatus General Characteristics | Free Biology Notes

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General Characteristics of Peripatus

• Peripatus is a terrestrial animal found living in moist places
• Commonly called as velvet worms
• Peripatus is a unique organism. It forms a connecting link between Annelids are Arthropods.
• Annelidan Characters:
  • Presence of worm like body
  • Appendages are hollow and unjointed
  • Locomotion slow and by peristalsis as in an earthworm
  • Presence of paired Nephridia in every segment
  • Presence of a pair of simple eyes
• Arthropodan Characters:
  • Presence of a chitinous cuticle
  • Presence of haemocoel
  • Presence of tracheal system
  • Presence of antennae
• Reproductive organs and the pattern of development is same as in other arthropods