Coelom and Viscera of Dogfish (Scoliodon): With Diagram | Chordata | Zoology
In Dogfish (Scoliodon), the coelom is specious and is divided into two unequal cavities, the small anterior pericardial and the large posterior abdominal, separated from each other by a membranous partition, the septum transversum. Pericardial cavity is comparatively smaller in size and triangular in shape and lies beneath the pharynx enclosing the heart. It is enclosed between a tightly fitting [...]