How to Define Coelomate?

: the usually epithelium-lined body cavity of metazoans above the lower worms that forms a large space when well developed between the digestive tract and the body wall. Other Words from coelom. coelomate \ ˈsē-​lə-​ˌmāt \ adjective or noun.

What is the meaning Coelomate?

Coelomate animals or Coelomata (also known as eucoelomates – "true coelom") have a body cavity called a coelom with a complete lining called peritoneum derived from mesoderm (one of the three primary tissue layers). ... Acoelomate animals, like flatworms, have no body cavity at all.

What is Coelomate and example?

The protostome coelomates (acoelomates and pseudocoelomates are also protostomes) include the mollusks, annelids, arthropods, pogonophorans, apometamerans, tardigrades, onychophorans, phoronids, brachiopods, and bryozoans. Deuterostomes include the chaetognaths, echinoderms, hemichordates, and chordates.