Diversibipalium multilineatum

Diversibipalium multilineatum
	Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Rhabditophora
Order:	Tricladida
Suborder:	Continenticola
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Bipaliinae
Genus:	Diversibipalium
Species:	D. multilineatum
Binomial name
	Diversibipalium multilineatum; (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983)
Synonyms
	Bipalium multilineatum Makino & Shirasawa, 1983 [1]

Diversibipalium multilineatum is a species of large predatory land flatworm.

The species is native to Japan. [1] [2] It has been recorded in 2016 for the first time outside Asia, from Bologna, Italy (from a finding in September 2014), and in several localities in France.[3][4] It is thus an alien species to Europe.[3]

Diversibipalium multilineatum from Italy: Body with distinctive dorsal lines

Diversibipalium multilineatum, body
Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Diversibipalium multilineatum, body, ventral view

References

Makino N, Shirasawa Y (1983). Morphological and ecological comparison with two new species of elongated-slender land planarians having several stripes and their new scientific names. Bulletin of Tokyo Medical College 9: 69-83 [In Japanese, English summary]
Makino, Naoya; Shirasawa, Yasuko (1986). "Biology of long slender land planarians (Turbellaria) in Tokyo and environs". Hydrobiologia. 132 (1): 229–232. doi:10.1007/BF00046253. ISSN 0018-8158.
Mazza, Giuseppe; Menchetti, Mattia; Sluys, Ronald; Solà, Eduard; Riutort, Marta; Tricarico, Elena; Justine, Jean-Lou; Cavigioli, Luca; Mori, Emiliano (2016). "First report of the land planarian Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in Europe". Zootaxa. 4067 (5): 577. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395897.
Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2018). "Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories". PeerJ. 6: e4672. doi:10.7717/peerj.4672. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5969052. PMID 29844951.

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[MakinoShirasawa1983-1] Makino N, Shirasawa Y (1983). Morphological and ecological comparison with two new species of elongated-slender land planarians having several stripes and their new scientific names. Bulletin of Tokyo Medical College 9: 69-83 [In Japanese, English summary]

[MakinoShirasawa1986-2] Makino, Naoya; Shirasawa, Yasuko (1986). "Biology of long slender land planarians (Turbellaria) in Tokyo and environs". Hydrobiologia. 132 (1): 229–232. doi:10.1007/BF00046253. ISSN 0018-8158.

[MazzaMenchetti2016-3] Mazza, Giuseppe; Menchetti, Mattia; Sluys, Ronald; Solà, Eduard; Riutort, Marta; Tricarico, Elena; Justine, Jean-Lou; Cavigioli, Luca; Mori, Emiliano (2016). "First report of the land planarian Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in Europe". Zootaxa. 4067 (5): 577. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395897.

[JustineWinsor2018-4] Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2018). "Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories". PeerJ. 6: e4672. doi:10.7717/peerj.4672. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5969052. PMID 29844951.