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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Toxicity test organisms

1. Protozoa

Sarcomastigophora

  1. Acanthamoeba castellani, hatchetti
  2. Amoeba proteus
  3. Amphidinium carteri
  4. Bodo saltans
  5. Cercomonas sp.
  6. Chaos carolinensis
  7. Chlamydomonas moewusii, reinhardtii (Green algae: formerly including protozoa)
  8. Cochliopodium bilimbosum
  9. Cyclopyxis kahli
  10. Dictyostelium discoideum
  11. Entosiphon sulcatum
  12. Euglena gracilis, gracilis var. bacillaris
  13. Hartmannella cantabrigiensis
  14. Jakoba libera
  15. Oikomonas termo
  16. Paraphysomonas imperforata, vestita
  17. Prorocentrum micans
  18. Saccamoeba limax
  19. Spumella elongata
  20. Tetramitus rostratus
  21. Valkampfia avara

Ciliophora

  1. Aspidisca cicada
  2. Blepharisma americanum, undulans
  3. Colpidium campylum, colpoda
  4. Colpoda cucullus, inflata, steinii
  5. Cyclidium glaucoma
  6. Dexiostoma campylum
  7. Didinium nasutum
  8. Diophrys oligothrix
  9. Euplotes aediculatus, affinis, eurystomus, moebiusi, mutabilis, patella, vannus
  10. Glaucoma scintillans
  11. Holosticha kessleri
  12. Loxodes striatus
  13. Oxytricha bifaria, granulifera
  14. Paramecium aurelia, bursaria, calkinsi, caudatum, multimicronucleatum, putrinum, tetraurelia
  15. Pleuronema coronatum
  16. Spirostomum ambiguum, teres
  17. Stylonychia lemnae, notophora, pustulata
  18. Tetrahymena furgasoni (formerly T. pyriformis strain W), pyriformis, thermophila, vorax
  19. Uronema nigricans
  20. Urotricha furcata
  21. Vorticella microstoma, similis
  22. Protozoan community

2. Rotifera

  1. Asplanchna girodi, sieboldi
  2. Brachionus angularis, calyciflorus, patulus, plicatilis, rubens
  3. Dicranophorus forcipatus
  4. Keratella americana, cochlearis
  5. Lacinularia flosculosa
  6. Lecane hamata, luna, quadridentata
  7. Philodina sp., acuticornis odiosa, roseola
  8. Rotifera community

3. Nematoda

  1. Acrobeloides buetschlii, nanus
  2. Aphelenchus avenae
  3. Aporcelaimellus obtusicaudatus
  4. Caenorhabditis elegans
  5. Cephalobus persegnis
  6. Chromadorina germanica
  7. Diplogasteritus sp.
  8. Diplolaimella punicea
  9. Dorylaimus stagnalis
  10. Heterocephalobus pauciannulatus
  11. Meloidogyne incognita, javanica
  12. Mesorhabditus monhystera
  13. Panagrellus redivivus
  14. Panagrolaimus rigidus
  15. Plectus acuminatus
  16. Prionchulus punctatus
  17. Rhabditis sp.
  18. Tobrilus gracilis
  19. Tylenchulus semipenetrans
  20. Tylenchus elegans
  21. 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)
  1. Aeolosoma hemprichi
  2. Allolobophora caliginosa, chlorotica, longa, rosea, tuberculata
  3. Aporrectodea caliginosa, caliginosa tuberculata, icterica, longa, rosea, trapezoids, tuberculata
  4. Branchiura sowerbyi
  5. Cognettia sphagnetorum
  6. Dendrobaena madeirensis, octaedra, rubida, veneta
  7. Dendrodrilus rubidus
  8. Dichogaster curgensis
  9. Drawida willsi
  10. Eisenia andrei, fetida (foetida), fetida andrei, veneta
  11. Eiseniella tetraedra f. typica
  12. Enchytraeus albidus, buchholzi, crypticus
  13. Eudrilus eugeniae
  14. Fridericia sp.
  15. Ilyodrilus templetoni
  16. Lampito mauritii
  17. Limnodriloides verrucosus
  18. Limnodrilus claparedeanus, hoffmeisteri, udekemianus
  19. Lumbriculus variegatus
  20. Lumbricus castaneus, friendi, rubellus, terrestris
  21. Microchaetus sp.
  22. Monopylephorus cuticulatus
  23. Nais sp.
  24. Nicodrilus [= Allolobophora (Eisen) = Aporrectodea (Oerley)] caliginosus (Savigny)
  25. Octolasium cyaneum, transpadanum
  26. Octolasion tyrtaeum
  27. Perionyx excavatus
  28. Pheretima hawayana
  29. Potamothrix hammoniensis
  30. Quistadrilus multisetosus
  31. Stylodrilus heringianus
  32. Trichodrilus tenuis
  33. Tubifex tubifex
  34. Tubificoides benedeni
  35. Oligochaeta community