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Ectomesenchyme in sponges. Interconnected contractile and conductive cells with secretory granules form a mesenchymal network underneath the pinacocyte outer epithelium. Red lines indicate actomyosin fibres. Redrawn and modified after Pavans de Ceccatty [10].
