Definitions

Hemocoel

• Lacunar system extending throughout much of body, filled by blood. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• Lacunar system extending throughout much of body, filled with blood. [McLaughlin, 1980]
• The extensive spaces of an arthropod's body through which hemolymph circulates. [Bliss, 1982]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Anostraca) Body cavity through which blood circulates; separated from pericardial sinus by pericardial septum.
  (syn. hemocoele) [Stachowitsch, 1992]

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