Larvae of many echinoids are known to be phenotypically plastic and capable of changing the growth rate of their post-oral arms depending on the microalgae concentration in their habitat. As literature data show, developing larvae use chemosensation to detect algae in the environment and "adjust" the rate of growth of their post-oral arms through dopamine signaling. According to our results, dopamine has a significant effect on the post-oral arm growth in early larvae of two sea urchin species, Mesocentrotus nudus and Strongylocentrotus intermedius. The dopamine effect depends on concentration: the higher the dopamine concentration in the water, the shorter the post-oral arms. We suggest that the pattern of response to variation in dopamine concentration, manifested by early larvae of both species, is similar to that observed at different concentrations of microalgae.
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