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