coelomocytes
From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
coelomocytes (noun, plural; Greek koilos, hollow; kytos, container): 1. Corpuscles (usually amoebocytes) in the coelomic or pseudocoelomic fluids of invertebrates.
2. (Annelida) amoebocytes and elaeocytes.
3. (Echinodermata) The spindle-shaped cells, phagocytes, and crystal cells.
4. (NEMATA) The mesenchymatous cells in the body cavity
See also: pseudocoel cells, pseudocoelomocytes.
