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statocyst
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The statocyst is a balance sensory receptor present in some aquatic invertebrates , including bivalves , cnidarians , echinoderms , cephalopods , and crustaceans . A similar structure is also found in Xenoturbella . The statocyst consists of a sac-like ...
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n. A balance organ present in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae.
Usage examples of statocyst.
The statocysts in such creatures open to the outside world through narrow apertures, and the statoliths are not bits of calcium carbonate but are, rather, sand particles the creature actually places within the statocysts.
The shrimp with which he was experimenting innocently introduced iron filings into the statocyst.
Because the statocyst is located in the internal ear, it is more commonly, though less appropriately, called the otocyst (oh'toh-sist.