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hydrostatic skeleton

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 294 words | Copyright

hydrostatic skeleton The system of support found in soft-bodied invertebrates, which relies on the incompressibility of fluids contained within the body cavity. For example, in earthworms the coelomic fluid is under pressure within the coelom and therefore provides support for internal organs.

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