Diversibipalium multilineatum

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Diversibipalium multilineatum
Diversibipalium multilineatum, head
Scientific classification Edit this 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 [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] and in 2025 in the Netherlands. [6] It is thus an alien species to Europe.[3][6]

Diversibipalium multilineatum from Italy: Body with distinctive dorsal lines

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