Definitions

Statocysts

• A complex fluid filled invagination contained within the swollen base of the antennule and responsible for the sense of balance. [Ingle, 1983]
• Diminutive organ providing sense of balance, present in most crustaceans. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
• (Taxon-specific: Order Isopoda) Small saclike sensory organ, usually containing a granule(s), used to indicate to the animal its orientation; present singly or paired on the pleotelson of some anthurideans. [Wetzer et al. 1997]

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