page_title: Sensory organs of gastropods
section_title: Statocysts
hierarchical_section_title: Sensory organs of gastropods / Statocysts
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of transverse semi-thin section from Gigantopelta chessoia. Posterior part of the head showing radula apparatus, pedal ganglion, and statocysts. Scale bar is 1 cm. tt - cephalic tentacle, r - radula, rc - radula cartilage, pg - pedal ganglion, sl - statolith, ss - statocyst, pm - pedal musculature.
context_page_description: The sensory organs of gastropods include olfactory organs, eyes, statocysts and mechanoreceptors. Gastropods have no sense of hearing.
context_section_description: In the statocysts of Haliotis asinina was found the expression of a conserved gene (Pax-258 gene), which is also important for forming structures for balance in eumetazoans.
caption: Statocysts (ss) and statolith (sl) inside the head of Gigantopelta chessoia.
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