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.
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