Diversibipalium multilineatum

Diversibipalium multilineatum
	Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Genus:	Diversibipalium
Species:	D. multilineatum
Binomial name
	Diversibipalium multilineatum; (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983)
Synonyms
	Bipalium multilineatum Makino & Shirasawa, 1983 ;

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] More records in 2021 confirmed its presence in various regions of Italy.^[5] It is thus an alien species to Europe.^[3]

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

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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): 577–580. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4. hdl:11365/1062552. 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.
^ Mori, Emiliano; Magoga, Giulia; Panella, Marta; Montagna, Matteo; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou; Menchetti, Mattia; Schifani, Enrico; Melone, Beatrice; Mazza, Giuseppe (2021-09-26). "Discovering the Pandora's box: the invasion of alien flatworms in Italy". Biological Invasions. 24: 205–216. doi:10.1007/s10530-021-02638-w. ISSN 1387-3547.

[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): 577–580. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4. hdl:11365/1062552. 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.

[Mori_Magoga_Panella_Montagna_p.-5] Mori, Emiliano; Magoga, Giulia; Panella, Marta; Montagna, Matteo; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou; Menchetti, Mattia; Schifani, Enrico; Melone, Beatrice; Mazza, Giuseppe (2021-09-26). "Discovering the Pandora's box: the invasion of alien flatworms in Italy". Biological Invasions. 24: 205–216. doi:10.1007/s10530-021-02638-w. ISSN 1387-3547.

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