coe·lom

also ce·lom (sē′ləm)

n. pl. coeloms or coe·lo·ma·ta (-lə-mä′tə, -măt′ə) also ce·loms or ce·loma·ta

The fluid-filled cavity within the body of most multicellular animals, except some invertebrates such as flatworms and cnidarians, that lies between the body wall and the digestive tract and is formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. Also called body cavity.

[German Koelom, from Greek koilōma, cavity, from koilos, hollow; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]

coe·lom′ic (sĭ-lŏm′ĭk, -lō′mĭk) adj.

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coelomata

(siːˈləʊmətə)

pl n

(Zoology) animals possessing a coelom

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28 Philodina roseola B Bt, Pf (Ehrenberg, 1832) 29 Rotaria rotatoria B Bt (Pallas, 1766) Class Monogononta 30 Cephalodella B Bt, Pf auriculata (Muller, 1773) 31 Colurella uncinata B Bt, Pf (Muller, 1773) 32 Lepadella ovalis B Bt, Pf (Muller, 1786) 33 Monostyla (Lecane) B Bt, Pf arcuata (Bryce, 1891) 34 Notommata cyrtopus B Bt, Pf (Gosse, 1886) 35 Pleurotrocha Pz Bt, Pf petromyzon (Ehrenberg, 1830) 36 Proales daphnicola B Bt, Pf (Thompson, 1892) Phylum-group Coelomata; Phylum Annelida Class Oligochaeta 37 Aeolosoma hemprichi B-D Bt (Ehrenberg, 1828) Note: B-bacteriophage, B-D-bacteriodetritiphage, M-mixotrophe, P-polyphage, Pr-predator, Pz-parazite; Bt-bentos, Pl-plankton, Pf-periphyton.

Dynamics of the alpha-biological diversity of aquatic organisms of the activated sludge

Among animals, there were Mesozoa, Gnathostomulida, Bryozoa, Cycliophora, Myzostomida, and Nemertea; also there are Rotifera, Nematomorpha, Scalidophora, Acanthocephala, Entoprocta, and Gastrotricha from Coelomata. Likewise, no proteins similar to SC proteins were found in Tardigrada and Onychophora (Protostomia) and in Hyperotreti, Hyperoartia, and Chondrichthyes (Chordata).

Conservation and variability of synaptonemal complex proteins in phylogenesis of eukaryotes

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