peritoneal cavity

BTO:0001782 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

The potential space of capillary thinness between the parietal and the visceral peritoneum, which is normally empty except for a thin serous fluid that keeps the surfaces moist. — BTO

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Abdominal/Peritoneal cavity 3 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	14	ORGANISM

Broader habitats

human-associated environment habitatmech:GOLD.cd0b0940e5

Also called

Abdominal/Peritoneal cavity — GOLD

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5
Grounded to BTO:0001782 'peritoneal cavity' (EXACT). Slash alternative naming one cavity. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Abdominal/Peritoneal cavity (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.d55d24e64f)

Provenance

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