coelom
The cavity within the body of all animals higher than the coelenterates and certain primitive worms, formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. In mammals it forms the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities.
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Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | coelom | 1 | TAXON |
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pseudomonas entomophila L48 NCBITaxon:384676 |
PREGO | 1 | 1 |
Also called
- body cavities
- body cavity
- celom
- celoms
- coelomal
- coelome
- coelomes
- coeloms