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Table 2 Freshwater invertebrate species investigated for ED-related mechanistic, apical, or mechanistic and apical effects in laboratory or field studies published between 2010 and 2020

From: Commentary: Assessing the endocrine disrupting effects of chemicals on invertebrates in the European Union

Phylum

Species

Number of studies

Lab or Field

Mechanistic

Apical

Mechanistic/apical

Annelida

Leech spp

1

F

 

1

 
 

Lumbriculus variegatus

1

L

 

1

 

Arachnida

Arrenurus spp.

1

F

 

1

 

Cnidaria

Hydra circumcincta

1

L

  

1

 

Hydra sp.

1

L

 

1

 

Crustacea

Amphipods

1

F

  

1

 

Astacus leptodactylus

2

L

2

  
 

Ceriodaphnia cornuta

1

L

 

1

 
 

Daphnia magna

18

L

1

7

10

 

Diporeia spp.

1

L

1

  
 

Eudiaptomus gracilis

1

L

  

1

 

Gammarus fossarum

4

L(3), F(1)

3

1

 
 

Gammarus locusta

1

L

 

1

 
 

Gammarus pseudolimnaeus

1

L

1

  
 

Gammarus pulex

1

L

1

  
 

Gammarus spp.

1

F

 

1

 
 

Hyalella azteca

3

L

2

1

 
 

Macrobrachium borellii

1

L

1

  
 

Macrobrachium potiuna

1

L

1

  
 

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

4

L

3

 

1

 

Macrobrachium superbum

1

L

 

1

 
 

Mesocyclops luckarti

1

L

  

1

 

Moina macrocopa

2

L

 

2

 
 

Monoporeia affinis

1

L

 

1

 
 

Procambarus clarkii

2

L

1

 

1

 

Procambarus fallax

1

L

1

  

Insecta

Chironomus riparius

20

L

12

1

7

 

Chironomus sancticaroli

1

L

 

1

 
 

Hexagenia spp.

1

L

 

1

 
 

Hydropsyche sp

2

L/F

1

 

1

 

Prodiamesa olivacea

1

L

1

  

Mollusca

Bithynia tentaculata

1

L

 

1

 
 

Corbicula fluminea

2

L

1

1

 
 

Lampsilis fasciola

2

L

 

1

1

 

Lampsilis siliquoidea

1

L

 

1

 
 

Lymnaea stagnalis

5

L

 

2

3

 

Mollusc spp.

1

F

  

1

 

Physa acuta

4

L

2

2

 
 

Physa pomilia

1

L

 

1

 
 

Planorbarius corneus

2

L, L/F

 

1

1

 

Pomacea lineata

1

L

 

1

 
 

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

8

L(4), F(3), L/F

 

6

2

 

Radix balthica

3

L(2), L/F

 

3

 
 

Unio tumidus

1

L

1

  
 

Viviparus

1

L/F

 

1

 

Platyhelminthes

Flatworm spp.

1

L

1

  

Rotifera

Brachionus calyciflorus

5

L

1

4

 

Macroinvertebrates

Macroinvertebrates

3

F(2), L/F

 

2

1