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2.3 COELOM The term 'coelom' was coined by Haeckel. The body cavity, which is lined by mesoderm, is called coelom. More elaborately, coelom is a fluid-filled space between the body wall and visceral organs and lined by mesodermal epithelium, the peritoneum. Animals possessing coelom are called coelomates/eucoelomates, Evolution of efficient organ systems was not possible until the evolution of coelom for supporting the organs and distributing material. 2.3.1 Acoelomate bilaterians The bilaterian animals in which the body cavity is absent are called acoelomates, e.g. Platyhelminthes (lowest bilaterians). In these animals, the mesenchyme derived from the third germinal layer, called mesoderm, occupies the entire blastocoel, move freely, as they are embedded in the mesenchyme, diffusion of material from the gut to the body wall is slow and less efficient. 2.3.2 Pseudocoelomate bilaterians Cnidarians and some flatworms have an incomplete gut and exhibit blind sac plan'. Justify the statement. Animals from nematodes to chordates in general have a complete gut and exhibit 'tube - within-a-tube plan'. Explain. As the gut wall is made of only endodermal epithelium, diffusion of digested food from the lumen of the gut into the surrounding pseudocoelomic fluid becomes

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