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The cephalopod statocyst is analogous to the vertebrate vestibular system in that it has receptor systems for the detection of linear and angular accelerations. Recent intracellular recordings from the hair cells in the latter system, the crista/cupula system, have given a measure of the sensitivity of the hair cells and how this might be varied by the animal.
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Williamson, R. (1992). Hair Cell Sensitivity in the Cephalopod Statocyst. In: Webster, D.B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7_14
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