An animal that lacks a coelom. Acoelomates, which include the flatworm, fluke, tapeworm, and ribbon worm, exhibit bilateral symmetry and possess one internal space, the digestive cavity.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Acoelmata, group name : a–1 + Greek koilma, koilmat-, cavity; see coelom.
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