Toxicity test organisms
1. Protozoa
Sarcomastigophora
- Acanthamoeba castellani, hatchetti
- Amoeba proteus
- Amphidinium carteri
- Bodo saltans
- Cercomonas sp.
- Chaos carolinensis
- Chlamydomonas moewusii, reinhardtii (Green algae: formerly including protozoa)
- Cochliopodium bilimbosum
- Cyclopyxis kahli
- Dictyostelium discoideum
- Entosiphon sulcatum
- Euglena gracilis, gracilis var. bacillaris
- Hartmannella cantabrigiensis
- Jakoba libera
- Oikomonas termo
- Paraphysomonas imperforata, vestita
- Prorocentrum micans
- Saccamoeba limax
- Spumella elongata
- Tetramitus rostratus
- Valkampfia avara
Ciliophora
- Aspidisca cicada
- Blepharisma americanum, undulans
- Colpidium campylum, colpoda
- Colpoda cucullus, inflata, steinii
- Cyclidium glaucoma
- Dexiostoma campylum
- Didinium nasutum
- Diophrys oligothrix
- Euplotes aediculatus, affinis, eurystomus, moebiusi, mutabilis, patella, vannus
- Glaucoma scintillans
- Holosticha kessleri
- Loxodes striatus
- Oxytricha bifaria, granulifera
- Paramecium aurelia, bursaria, calkinsi, caudatum, multimicronucleatum, putrinum, tetraurelia
- Pleuronema coronatum
- Spirostomum ambiguum, teres
- Stylonychia lemnae, notophora, pustulata
- Tetrahymena furgasoni (formerly T. pyriformis strain W), pyriformis, thermophila, vorax
- Uronema nigricans
- Urotricha furcata
- Vorticella microstoma, similis
- Protozoan community
2. Rotifera
- Asplanchna girodi, sieboldi
- Brachionus angularis, calyciflorus, patulus, plicatilis, rubens
- Dicranophorus forcipatus
- Keratella americana, cochlearis
- Lacinularia flosculosa
- Lecane hamata, luna, quadridentata
- Philodina sp., acuticornis odiosa, roseola
- Rotifera community
3. Nematoda
- Acrobeloides buetschlii, nanus
- Aphelenchus avenae
- Aporcelaimellus obtusicaudatus
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Cephalobus persegnis
- Chromadorina germanica
- Diplogasteritus sp.
- Diplolaimella punicea
- Dorylaimus stagnalis
- Heterocephalobus pauciannulatus
- Meloidogyne incognita, javanica
- Mesorhabditus monhystera
- Panagrellus redivivus
- Panagrolaimus rigidus
- Plectus acuminatus
- Prionchulus punctatus
- Rhabditis sp.
- Tobrilus gracilis
- Tylenchulus semipenetrans
- Tylenchus elegans
- Nematoda community
4. Oligochaeta
The accumulation of heavy metals by earthworms is governed by the heavy metal content of soil, soil pH, organic matter content (OM) and cation-exchange capacity (CEC). (ref. ID; 1913)
- Aeolosoma hemprichi
- Allolobophora caliginosa, chlorotica, longa, rosea, tuberculata
- Aporrectodea caliginosa, caliginosa tuberculata, icterica, longa, rosea, trapezoids, tuberculata
- Branchiura sowerbyi
- Cognettia sphagnetorum
- Dendrobaena madeirensis, octaedra, rubida, veneta
- Dendrodrilus rubidus
- Dichogaster curgensis
- Drawida willsi
- Eisenia andrei, fetida (foetida), fetida andrei, veneta
- Eiseniella tetraedra f. typica
- Enchytraeus albidus, buchholzi, crypticus
- Eudrilus eugeniae
- Fridericia sp.
- Ilyodrilus templetoni
- Lampito mauritii
- Limnodriloides verrucosus
- Limnodrilus claparedeanus, hoffmeisteri, udekemianus
- Lumbriculus variegatus
- Lumbricus castaneus, friendi, rubellus, terrestris
- Microchaetus sp.
- Monopylephorus cuticulatus
- Nais sp.
- Nicodrilus [= Allolobophora (Eisen) = Aporrectodea (Oerley)] caliginosus (Savigny)
- Octolasium cyaneum, transpadanum
- Octolasion tyrtaeum
- Perionyx excavatus
- Pheretima hawayana
- Potamothrix hammoniensis
- Quistadrilus multisetosus
- Stylodrilus heringianus
- Trichodrilus tenuis
- Tubifex tubifex
- Tubificoides benedeni
- Oligochaeta community