Biology Forum Zoology Discussion body cavities

last updated by Darby 18 years ago
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    • #4509
      hiro
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      i wonder the 3 types of body cavity…
      i thought they r acoelomate, pseudocoel n eucoel…
      but the lecturer said (maybe he hopes we can ans these): pseudocoel, achizocoel and enterocoel

      but how these 3 types develop embroyoligically, n the similarities and differences??

      i guess i mixed up with protostome and deuterostome…

      cheers

    • #47248
      Darby
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      Your lecturer has ignored acoelomate (which, since there’s no cavities, is a valid thing to ignore) and split the coelomates along your protostome-deuterostome line, based on how the mesoderm forms. So you may not be as confused as you thought you were.

      As a true indicator of groupings, only the last two are any use. The pseudocoelomates are a bunch of different types lumped together on a fairly archaic basis.

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