Coelom of Branchiostoma (With Diagram) | Cephalochordata | Chordata | Zoology
The body cavity is a well-developed coelom lined with somatic and splanchnic mesodermal epithelium. It contains a lymph-like coelomic fluid. It is enterocoelic in origin. Behind the pharynx the coelom is a spacious cavity around the intestine being suspended in the coelom by a dorsal mesentery. But it is reduced on the right side of the hindgut by a posterior [...]