Oligochaeta

In the class Oligochaeta, bioluminescent genera are found in three families Enchytraeidae, Lumbricidae, and Megascolecidae (Harvey, 1952 Herring, 1978), and the majority of them are in the last family (.Diplocardia, Lampito, Microscolex, Octocbaetus, Pontodrilus, etc.). 

Sverdrup, L.E., Jensen, J., Kelley, A.E., Krogh, P.J., Stenersen, J. (2002) Effects of eight polycyclic aromatic compounds on the survival and reproduction on Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta, Clitellata). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21, 109-114. 

Martin, N.A. 1980. Earthworm (Oligochaeta Lumbricidae) populations and late summer pasture renovation. N.Z. Jour. Agric. Res. 23 417-419. 

Reinecke, A.J. and R.G. Nash. 1984. Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and short-term bioaccumulation by earthworms (Oligochaeta). Soil Biol. Biochem. 16 45A9. 

Scott-Fordsmand, J. J., Weeks, J. M. and Hopkin, S. P. (2000). Importance of contamination history for understanding toxicity of copper to earthworm Eisenia fetica (Oligochaeta annelida) using neutral-red retention assay, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 19, 1774-1780. 

Berry, E.C. Jordan, D. Temperature and soil moisture content effects on the growth of Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta Lunbricidae) under laboratory conditions. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2001, 33, 133-136. 

Annelida Oligochaeta Mar. ALKAL. amines, pteridines pyrrole. Land Land... 

Barois I, Villemin, G., Lavelle, P., and Toutain, F. (1993). Transformation of the soil structure through Pontoscolex corethrurus (Oligochaeta) intestinal tract. Geoderma 56, 57-66. 

Gillis, P.L., Diener, L.C., Reynoldson, T.B. and Dixon, D.G. (2002) Cadmium-induced production of a metallothioneinlike protein in Tubifex tubifex (oligochaeta) and Chironomus riparius (diptera) correlation with reproduction and growth, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21 (9), 1836-1844. 

Maenpaa, K.A., Sormunen, A.J. and Kukkonen, J.V.K. (2003) Bioaccumulation and toxicity of sediment associated herbicides (ioxynil, pendimethalin, and bentazone) in Lumbriculus variegatus (Oligochaeta) and Chironomus riparius (Insecta), Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 56 (3), 398-410. 

Pasteris, A., Vecchi, M., Reynoldson, T.B. and Bonomi, G. (2003) Toxicity of copper-spiked sediments to Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) a comparison of the 28-day reproductive bioassay with a 6-month cohort experiment, Aquatic Toxicology 65 (3), 253-265. 

Weltje L. 1998. Mixture toxicity and tissue interactions of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in earthworms (Oligochaeta) in laboratory and field soils a critical evaluation of data. Chemosphere 36 2643-2660. 

Giere, O., J.H. Preusse, and N. Dubilier (1999a). Tubificoides benedii (Tubificidae, Oligochaeta)—a pioneer in hypoxic and sullidic environments. An overview of adaptive pathways. Hydrobiologia 406 235-241. 

Jager T, Fleuren RHLJ, Hogendoom EA, De Korte G. 2003. Elucidating the routes of exposure for organic chemicals in the earthworm, Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta). Environ Sci Technol 37 3399-3404. 

E. Rota, Lights on the Ground A Historical Survey of Light Production in the Oligochaeta. In Bioluminescence in Focus - A Collection of Illuminating Essays V. B. Meyer-Rochow, Ed. Research Signpost Kerala, 2009 pp 105-138. 

Leppanen, M, Kukkonen, J.W.K. (2004) Toxicokinetics of sediment-associated polybrominated diphenylethers (flame retardants) in benthic invertebrates (Lumbriculus variegatus, oligochaeta). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 23, 166-172. 

Dubilier N, Giere O, Distel DL, Cavanaugh CM. Characterization of chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts in a gutless ma- 69. rine worm (Oligochaeta, Annelida) by phylogenetic 16S rRNA sequence analysis and in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1995 61 2346-2350. 

Blanchart E., Bruand A., and Lavelle P. (1993) The physical structure of casts of Millsonia anomala (Oligochaeta Megascolecidae) in shrub savanna soils (Cote d Ivoire). Geoderma 56(1-4), 119-132. 

Kristufek V., Ravasz K., and Pizl V. (1992) Changes in densities of bacteria and microfungi during Gut transit in Lumbricus-Rubellus and Aporrectodea-Caliginosa Oligochaeta Lumbricidae. Soil Biol. Biochem. 24(12), 1499-1500. 

Martin A. (1991) Short-term and long-term effects of the endogenic earthworm Millsonia anomala (Omodeo) (Megascolecidae, Oligochaeta) of tropical savannas on soil organic matter. Biol. Fertility Soils 11(3), 234-238. 

Trigo D. and Lavelle P. (1993) Changes in respiration rate and some physicochemical properties of soil during gut transit through Allolobophora molleri (Lumbricidae, Oligochaeta). Biol. Fertility Soils 15(3), 185-188. 

Stephenson, J., 1930. The Oligochaeta, Oxford University Press, Oxford. 

Booth, L.H., Hodge, S. and O Halloran, K. (2000) Use of cholinesterase in Aporrectodea caliginosa (Oligochaeta Lumbricidae) to detect organophosphate contamination comparison... 

Collado, R., Schmelz, R.M., Moser, T. and Rombke, J. (1999) Enchytraeid Reproduction Test (ERT) sublethal responses of two Enchytraeus species (Oligochaeta) to toxic chemicals. Pedobiologia, 43, 625-629. 

Fugere, N., Brousseau, P., Krzystyniak, K., Coderre, D. and Fournier, M. (1996) Heavy metal-specific inhibition of phagocytosis and difference in in vitro sensitivity of heterogeneous coelomocytes from Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta). Toxicology, 109, 157-166. 

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