Loxodes magnus Stokes, 1887
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Loxodes is thickly ciliated on one side, and nearly bald on the other. It swims along the bottom sediments of stagnant ponds with its ciliated side facing up. The organism has the ability to sense gravity and orient itself correctly, thanks to small organelles called “Müller’s vesicles”, which function somewhat like the gravity-sensing “hair cells” of our inner ear. Experiments have shown that if the Müller’s vesicles are destroyed the cell no longer knows which way is up.