Undifferentiated mesodermal components of early trunk or tail segments or metameres, derived from paraxial mesoderm; forms myotomes, sclerotomes and perhaps dermatomes. [ ORCiD:0000-0002-9900-7880 http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-961014-576 GOC:cvs GOC:ymb ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
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- trunk somite
- meso-epithelium
- epithelium
- end stage some hatching:pec-fin
- develops from some segmental plate
- existence starts during or after some segmentation:1-4 somites
- part of some trunk