Transient embryonic organ that serves as a kidney, providing osmoregulation during early developmental stages, and then degenerates during metamorphosis (starting at NF stage 53) as the mesonephric kidney develops and becomes functional. [ XAO:curators ]
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Subclass of:
- embryonic structure
- embryonic kidney
- pronephros
- part of some coelom
- develops from some pronephric mesenchyme