A coelom or coelomic cavity, present in some invertebrates, which has developed from the wall of the archenteron.
Derivatives
enterocoelic
adjective
Zoology
enterocoely
noun
Zoology
According to this view, coelom ontogeneses can be divided in two different ways: enterocoely (pouches forming out of the archenteron wall) in the deuterostomes and schizocoely (hollowing of mesodermal blocks) in the protostomes.
Example sentencesExamples
Shortly later, a somitocoel forms in each somite by schizocoely (enterocoely is encountered mostly in animals that form few coelomic sacs and do not show posterior growth).