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statolith /stato·lith/ (stat´o-lith) a granule of the statoconia.
stat·o·lith (sttl-th)
n.
1. A small, movable concretion of calcium carbonate found in statocysts; an otolith.
2. See statoconium.

statolith [stat´o-lith]
1. a granule of the statoconia.
2. a solid or semisolid body occurring in the labyrinth of animals.

statolith
1. a granule of the statoconia.
2. see otolith.


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Calcified structures such as the otoliths of fish and statoliths of invertebrates are increasingly being exploited as useful "natural tags" that help track individual movements and, when applicable to larvae, could help to pinpoint important source populations.
Laboratory and field corroboration of age and growth from statoliths and gladii of the loliginid squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana (Mollusca: Cephalopoda).
The life span of this species is only 7-10 months after hatching, as ascertained by aging statoliths (Butler et al.
 
 
 
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