Schizocoela

Schizocoela

[¦skiz·ə¦sē·lə] (invertebrate zoology) A group of animal phyla, including Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, Sipunculoidea, Echiuroidea, Priapuloidea, Mollusca, Annelida, and Arthropoda, all characterized by the appearance of the coelom as a space in the embryonic mesoderm.