statocysts

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A form of statocyst — An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of statocyst
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