The statocysts of molluscs
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Published on: May 28, 2009
1Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, England.
The Japanese Journal of Physiology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
This article presents a brief review of the morphology and physiology of molluscan statocysts. These sense organs provide the animals with information on orientation and, in some cases, velocity of movement. They vary in sophistication from rudimentary, to organs almost as complex as those found in higher vertebrates. The morphology of different types of statocysts is described as well as their afferent responses, efferent systems and pharmacology.
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