enterocoelous
/ˌɛntəroʊˈsiːləs/
adjective
- Having or relating to an enterocoel; characterized by the formation of a body cavity from pouches of the embryonic gut.
- The enterocoelous condition is a shared trait of deuterostomes.
- Enterocoelous animals include starfish, sea urchins, and vertebrates.
- Our textbook compared enterocoelous and schizocoelous coelom formation.