Physiology of coordination in sponges

By S. Leys, R. Meech. 2006

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Glass sponges arrest pumping in response to sediment: implications for the physiology of the hexactinellid conduction system (2008, background): “Some cellular sponges (Demospongiae and Calcarea) can close the openings to their incurrent canals (ostia), constrict the size of their intake canals, and even carry out a series of slow contractions that expel unwanted material (Nickel 2004; Ellwanger et al. 2006; Leys and Meech 2006; Elliott and”
Profiling cellular diversity in sponges informs animal cell type and nervous system evolution (2019, background): “The presence of mesenchymal cells expressing the contractile apparatus is striking, as contraction in sponges has been shown to primarily involve pinacocytes (24, 25), although a role for the mesohyl had been suggested (4).”
Evolutionary emergence of synaptic nervous systems: what can we learn from the non‐synaptic, nerveless Porifera? (2010, background): “These concepts are only outlined here; for details, refer to the original publications or some excellent in-depth reviews (e.g., Jones 1962; Leys & Meech 2006; Lichtneckert & Reichert 2007;Meech &Mackie 2007).”