The neuroendocrine regulators of the physiology of Lophotrochozoa, the sister clade of Ecdysozoa among Protostoma, remain poorly understood. Thanks to the recent emergence of genomic, transcriptomic and peptidomic resources in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, the functional characterization of ligand/receptor pairs regulating a diversity of physiological functions has been facilitated. Using a reverse endocrinology approach, a number of orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) have been functionally characterized. Three signalling systems have been studied in the oyster: The cholecystokinin/sulfakinin (CCK/SK), the calcitonin (CT) and the dopamine (DA) signalling systems. Two CCK/SK receptors and ligands have been characterized. In v...