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The phyla discussed so far have been characterised by a ‘solid’ type of body construction with either mesogloea or mesenchyme filling the space between the external body wall and the gastrodermis. All the remaining animal phyla have a body cavity separating the body wall from the gut.
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Kershaw, D.R. (1983). Animal body cavities. In: Animal Diversity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6035-3_6
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