“…The second group is receptors located on the cell surface and plays a role in regulating Ca 2+ levels, transmembrane transport of biogenic amines, and other post-fertilization processes. According to Carginale et al (1992Carginale et al ( , 1995 Lytechinus pictus, embryos from the mesenchyme blastula to the late prism stage, but they observed a significant increase in dopamine level later in development. The authors concluded that the "absence of dopamine in midgastrula embryos seems to be the result of its rapid metabolism to DOPAC and to a lesser extent to its conversion to norepinephrine" by dopamine β-hydroxylase (Anitole-Misleh & Brown, 2004) Studies on the role of dopamine across a variety of invertebrates showed that it affects animal's behavioral response to food stimuli in cnidarians (Hanai & Kitajima, 1984), nematodes (Sawin, Ranganathan, & Horvitz, 2000), insects (Honjo & Furukubo-Tokunaga, 2009;Wright et al, 2010), crustaceans (Van Alstyne, Nelson, Vyvyan, & Cancilla, 2006, molluscs (Kemenes, Hiripi, & Benjamin, 1990;Van Alstyne et al, 2006), and adult sea urchins (Van Alstyne et al, 2006).…”