Biology:Diversibipalium multilineatum

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Short description: Species of flatworm

Diversibipalium multilineatum
Diversibipalium multilineatum from Italy - Fig 1 b - Head.png
Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Scientific classification edit
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 [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] More records in 2021 confirmed its presence in various regions of Italy.[5] It is thus an alien species to Europe.[3]

Diversibipalium multilineatum from Italy: Body with distinctive dorsal lines

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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]
  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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mazza, Giuseppe; Menchetti, Mattia; Sluys, Ronald; Solà, Eduard; Riutort, Marta; Tricarico, Elena; Justine, Jean-Lou; Cavigioli, Luca et al. (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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27395897.  open access
  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. PMID 29844951.  open access
  5. Mori, Emiliano; Magoga, Giulia; Panella, Marta; Montagna, Matteo; Winsor, Leigh; Justine, Jean-Lou; Menchetti, Mattia; Schifani, Enrico et al. (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. 


Wikidata ☰ Q2591651 entry