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Connecting Links In Animal Kingdom
By Pankaj Kukreti
What Are Connecting Links ?
Animals exhibiting characters of two adjacent taxonomic groups are called connecting links
Chimera (Rabbit fish/Ratfish)Cartilaginous & Bony fishes
ArchaeopteryxReptiles & Birds
Tornaria larvaEchinodermata & Chordata
Trochophore larvaAnnelida & Mollusca
ActinomycetesBacteria & Fungi
CycasPteridophytes & Gymnosperms
Club mossBryophytes & Pteridophytes
BalanoglossusChordates & Non-chordates
CtenophoraCoelenterates &Platyhelminthes
EuglenaAnimals & Plants
Echidna (Spiny ant eater)Reptiles & Mammals
GnetumGymnosperms & Angiosperms
LatimeriaPisces & Amphibia
HornwortsProtista & Bryophytes
MyxomycetesProtista & Fungi
NeopilinaAnnelida & Mollusca
Ornithorhynchus (Duck billed platypus)Reptiles & Mammals
Peripatus (walking worm)Annelida & Arthropoda
Protopterus (Lung fishes)Bony fishes & Amphibia
ProterospongiaProtozoa & Porifera
RickettsiaVirus & Bacteria
SeymouriaAmphibia & Reptiles
XenoturbellaProtozoa & Metazoa
Sphenodon (Living fossil lizard)Amphibia & Reptilia
VirusLiving & non-living