Difference between Coelomate animals and Acoelomate animals
Difference between Coelomate animals and Acoelomate animals are in tabular form below –
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Coelomate animals |
Acoelomate animals |
Definition |
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1. | Organisms that have cavity in the body between the digestive tract and the body wall is known as Coelomate. | Organisms that does not have cavity in the body is known as Coelomate. |
Segmented Or Unsegmented |
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2. | Vertebrates of coelomate are segmented animals. | Invertebrates of acoelomate are unsegmented animals. |
Vertebrates or Invertebrates |
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3. | Animals of coelomate are vertebrates. | Animals of acoelomate are invertebrates. |
Body cavity |
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4. | Coelomate animals have coelom and other body cavities are in the internal organs and digestive tract. | Acoelomate animals have only one digestive cavity as a body cavity. |
Fluid |
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5. | Internal organs of coelomate are embedded in coelomic fluid. | Internal organs of acoelomate are not embedded in fluid. |
Examples |
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6. | Examples of coelomate vertebrates are Echinodermata, Phoronida, Chordata, Annelida, Mollusca, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, and Arthropoda. | Examples of acoelomate invertebrates are Platyhelminthes, planarians, tapeworms, flukes and ribbon worms. |