Turbellarians taxon details

Bipalium Stimpson, 1857

414969  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414969)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Tricladida (Order)
  6. Continenticola (Suborder)
  7. Geoplanoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Geoplanidae (Family)
  9. Bipaliinae (Subfamily)
  10. Bipalium (Genus)
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  1. Species Bipalium adensameri Graff, 1899
  2. Species Bipalium admarginatum de Beauchamp, 1933
  3. Species Bipalium adventitium Hyman, 1943
  4. Species Bipalium albo-coeruleus (Bleeker, 1844)
  5. Species Bipalium alternans de Beauchamp, 1930
  6. Species Bipalium bengalensis Bhakat, 2020
  7. Species Bipalium bergendali (Graff, 1898)
  8. Species Bipalium chhatarpurensis Chaurasia, 1988
  9. Species Bipalium choristosperma de Beauchamp, 1925
  10. Species Bipalium costaricensis Hyman, 1939
  11. Species Bipalium crassatrium de Beauchamp, 1939
  12. Species Bipalium distinguendum Müller, 1907
  13. Species Bipalium dubium Loman, 1890
  14. Species Bipalium fuscatum Stimpson, 1857
  15. Species Bipalium fuscolineatum Kaburaki, 1922
  16. Species Bipalium gestroi Graff, 1894
  17. Species Bipalium glandiantrum Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005
  18. Species Bipalium glandulosa (de Beauchamp, 1925)
  19. Species Bipalium glaucum (Kaburaki, 1922)
  20. Species Bipalium gracilis (Loman, 1890)
  21. Species Bipalium graffi Müller, 1902
  22. Species Bipalium gwangneungensis Song & Carbayo, 2025
  23. Species Bipalium haberlandti Graff, 1899
  24. Species Bipalium hilgendorfi Graff, 1899
  25. Species Bipalium janseni Graff, 1899
  26. Species Bipalium javanum Loman, 1883
  27. Species Bipalium kaburakii Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005
  28. Species Bipalium katoi Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005
  29. Species Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878
  30. Species Bipalium kisoense Kaburaki, 1922
  31. Species Bipalium kraepelini Ritter-Zahony R., 1905
  32. Species Bipalium manubriatum Sharp, 1891
  33. Species Bipalium marginatum Loman, 1888
  34. Species Bipalium mjobergi de Beauchamp, 1925
  35. Species Bipalium mondimentum Kaburaki, 1922
  36. Species Bipalium monolineatum Kaburaki, 1922
  37. Species Bipalium moseleyi Loman, 1888
  38. Species Bipalium muninense Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005
  39. Species Bipalium myadenosium de Beauchamp, 1939
  40. Species Bipalium nigrum (Ritter-Zahony, 1905)
  41. Species Bipalium nobile Kawakatsu & Makino, 1982
  42. Species Bipalium ochroleucum Kaburaki, 1922
  43. Species Bipalium pennsylvanicum Ogren, 1987
  44. Species Bipalium penrissenicum Kawakatsu, Ogren & Froehlich, 1998
  45. Species Bipalium persephone de Beauchamp, 1939
  46. Species Bipalium poiense de Beauchamp, 1925
  47. Species Bipalium rhytidoantrum Solà & Sluys, 2023
  48. Species Bipalium rigaudi Graff, 1894
  49. Species Bipalium robiginosum Graff, 1899
  50. Species Bipalium rugiantrum Solà & Sluys, 2023
  51. Species Bipalium semperi (Graff, 1899)
  52. Species Bipalium simrothi Loman, 1895
  53. Species Bipalium strubelli Graff, 1899
  54. Species Bipalium sudzukii Kawakatsu, 1987
  55. Species Bipalium sylvestre Kapadia, 1947
  56. Species Bipalium tetsuyai Kawakatsu, Sluys & Ogren, 2005
  57. Species Bipalium unistriatus Kuhl & Hasselt, 1822
  58. Species Bipalium univittatum Grube, 1866
  59. Species Bipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005
  60. Species Bipalium virile Müller, 1902
  61. Species Bipalium weismanni Ritter-Zahony, 1905
  62. Species Bipalium wiesneri Graff, 1899
  63. Species Bipalium somii Chaurasia, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  64. Species Bipalium andrewsi Whitehouse, 1919 accepted as Diversibipalium andrewsi (Whitehouse, 1919)
  65. Species Bipalium bimaculatum Graff, 1882 accepted as Diversibipalium bimaculatum (Graff, 1882)
  66. Species Bipalium bleekeri Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium bleekeri (Graff, 1898)
  67. Species Bipalium bohmigi Müller, 1902 accepted as Diversibipalium boehmigi (Müller, 1902) accepted as Umbotectum boehmigi (Müller, 1902)
  68. Species Bipalium brauni Mell, 1903 accepted as Diversibipalium brauni (Mell, 1903)
  69. Species Bipalium brunneus Whitehouse, 1919 accepted as Diversibipalium brunneum (Whitehouse, 1919)
  70. Species Bipalium cantori (Wright, 1860) accepted as Diversibipalium cantori (Wright, 1860)
  71. Species Bipalium catenatum Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium catenatum (Graff, 1898) (nomen oblitum)
  72. Species Bipalium ceres Moseley, 1874 accepted as Humbertium ceres (Moseley, 1874) (nomen oblitum)
  73. Species Bipalium claparedei Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium claparedei (Graff, 1898) (nomen oblitum)
  74. Species Bipalium claviforme Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium claviforme (Loman, 1890)
  75. Species Bipalium core de Beauchamp, 1930 accepted as Humbertium core (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  76. Species Bipalium delicatum Whitehouse, 1914 accepted as Diversibipalium delicatum (Whitehouse, 1914)
  77. Species Bipalium dendrophilum Schmarda, 1859 accepted as Diversibipalium dendrophilum Schmarda, 1859
  78. Species Bipalium depressum Ritter-Zahony, 1905 accepted as Humbertium depressum (Ritter-Zahony R., 1905)
  79. Species Bipalium diana Humbert & Claparède, 1862 accepted as Humbertium diana (Humbert, 1862)
  80. Species Bipalium dihangense Whitehouse, 1914 accepted as Diversibipalium dihangense (Whitehouse, 1914)
  81. Species Bipalium dodabettae de Beauchamp, 1930 accepted as Humbertium dodabettae (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  82. Species Bipalium ellioti Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium ellioti (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (nomen oblitum)
  83. Species Bipalium engeli Hartog, 1968 accepted as Diversibipalium engeli Hartog, 1968
  84. Species Bipalium ephippium Loman, 1890 (nomen oblitum)
  85. Species Bipalium everetti Houghton, 1870 accepted as Diversibipalium everetti (Houghton, 1870) (nomen dubium)
  86. Species Bipalium expeditionis Loman, 1895 accepted as Diversibipalium expeditionis (Loman, 1895)
  87. Species Bipalium falcatum Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium falcatum (Graff, 1899)
  88. Species Bipalium fenestratum Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium fenestratum (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  89. Species Bipalium ferrugineoideum Sabussowa, 1925 accepted as Humbertium ferrugineoideum (Sabussowa, 1925)
  90. Species Bipalium ferrugineum Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium ferrugineum (Graff, 1899) (nomen oblitum)
  91. Species Bipalium ferudpoorense Wright, 1860 accepted as Diversibipalium ferudpoorense (Wright, 1860)
  92. Species Bipalium floweri Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium flowei (Graff, 1899)
  93. Species Bipalium fuligineum Geba, 1909 accepted as Diversibipalium fuligineum (Geba, 1909)
  94. Species Bipalium fulvum Kaburaki, 1922 accepted as Diversibipalium fulvum (Kaburaki, 1922) (species inquirendae)
  95. Species Bipalium fuscocephalum Kaburaki, 1922 accepted as Diversibipalium fuscocephalum (Kaburaki, 1922)
  96. Species Bipalium gebai Geba, 1909 accepted as Diversibipalium gebai (Geba, 1909)
  97. Species Bipalium giganteum Whitehouse, 1914 accepted as Diversibipalium giganteum (Whitehouse, 1914)
  98. Species Bipalium girardi Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium girardi (Graff, 1899) (nomen oblitum)
  99. Species Bipalium grandidieri Mell, 1903 accepted as Diversibipalium grandidieri Mell, 1903
  100. Species Bipalium grayi Wright, 1860 accepted as Diversibipalium grayi (Wright, 1860)
  101. Species Bipalium gulliveri Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium gulliveri (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  102. Species Bipalium haasei Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium haasei (Graff, 1899)
  103. Species Bipalium hasseltii Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium hasseltii (Loman, 1890)
  104. Species Bipalium hildebrandi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium hildebrandi (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  105. Species Bipalium houghtoni Moseley, 1874 accepted as Diversibipalium houghtoni (Moseley, 1874) (nomen dubium)
  106. Species Bipalium indicum Whitehouse, 1919 accepted as Diversibipalium indicum (Whitehouse, 1919)
  107. Species Bipalium interruptum Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium interruptum (Graff, 1899) Solà, Sluys, Riutort & Kawakatsu, 2023 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  108. Species Bipalium isabellinus Geba, 1909 accepted as Diversibipalium isabellinum (Geba, 1909)
  109. Species Bipalium jalorense Laidlaw, 1903 accepted as Diversibipalium jalorense (Laidlaw, 1903)
  110. Species Bipalium kelleri Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium kelleri Graff, 1899
  111. Species Bipalium keshavi Saxena, 1957 accepted as Diversibipalium keshavi (Saxena, 1957)
  112. Species Bipalium kirkpatricki Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium kirckpatricki (Graff, 1899)
  113. Species Bipalium koreense Frieb, 1923 accepted as Diversibipalium koreense (Frieb, 1923)
  114. Species Bipalium kuhli Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium kuhlii (Loman, 1890)
  115. Species Bipalium layardi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium layardi (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  116. Species Bipalium lehnerti Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium lehnerti (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  117. Species Bipalium lomani Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium lomani (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  118. Species Bipalium longicanali Sabussowa, 1925 accepted as Humbertium longicanale (Sabussowa, 1925)
  119. Species Bipalium lunatum Gray, 1831 accepted as Diversibipalium lunatum (Gray, 1831)
  120. Species Bipalium maculatum Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Diversibipalium maculatum (Stimpson, 1857)
  121. Species Bipalium madagascarensis Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium madagascarense (Graff, 1899)
  122. Species Bipalium marenzelleri Mell, 1903 accepted as Diversibipalium marenzelleri (Mell, 1903)
  123. Species Bipalium megacephalum Müller, 1902 accepted as Diversibipalium megacephalum (Müller, 1902)
  124. Species Bipalium modiglianii Graff, 1894 accepted as Diversibipalium modiglianii (Graff, 1894) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  125. Species Bipalium molle Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium molle Graff, 1899
  126. Species Bipalium multilineatum Makino & Shirasawa, 1983 accepted as Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983)
  127. Species Bipalium murinum Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium murinum (Graff, 1899)
  128. Species Bipalium natunense Meixner, 1906 accepted as Diversibipalium natunense (Meixner, 1906)
  129. Species Bipalium negritorum Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium negritorum (Graff, 1899)
  130. Species Bipalium niger Ritter-Zahony, 1905 accepted as Bipalium nigrum (Ritter-Zahony, 1905)
  131. Species Bipalium nigrilumbe Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium nigrilumbe (Loman, 1890)
  132. Species Bipalium ocellatum Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium ocellatum (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (nomen oblitum)
  133. Species Bipalium olivaceps Geba, 1909 accepted as Diversibipalium olivaceps (Geba, 1909)
  134. Species Bipalium penangense Kawakatsu, 1986 accepted as Humbertium penangense (Kawakatsu, 1986)
  135. Species Bipalium penrissenense de Beauchamp, 1925 accepted as Humbertium penrissenense (de Beauchamp, 1925)
  136. Species Bipalium penzigi Müller, 1902 accepted as Humbertium penzigi (Müller, 1902) Solà, Sluys, Riutort & Kawakatsu, 2023 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  137. Species Bipalium phebe Humbert & Claparède, 1862 accepted as Humbertium phoebe Ogren & Sluys, 2001 accepted as Humbertium phebe (Humbert & Claparède, 1862)
  138. Species Bipalium piceum Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium piceum (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  139. Species Bipalium pictum Geba, 1909 accepted as Diversibipalium pictum (Geba, 1909)
  140. Species Bipalium proserpina Humbert & Claparède, 1862 accepted as Humbertium proserpina (Humbert, 1862)
  141. Species Bipalium pseudophallicum de Beauchamp, 1925 accepted as Humbertium pseudophallicum (de Beauchamp, 1925) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froehlich,Takai, M. & Sasaki, 2002 accepted as Novibipalium pseudophallicum (de Beauchamp, 1925) Sola, Sluys, Riutort & Kawakatsu
  142. Species Bipalium quadricinctum Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium quadricinctum Loman, 1890
  143. Species Bipalium rauchi Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium rauchi (Graff, 1898)
  144. Species Bipalium ravenelae Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium ravenalae (Graff, 1899) (nomen oblitum)
  145. Species Bipalium richtersi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium richtersi (Graff, 1899)
  146. Species Bipalium ridleyi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium ridleyi (Graff, 1899)
  147. Species Bipalium roonwali Ramakrishna & Chauhan, 1962 accepted as Diversibipalium roonwali (Ramakrishna & Chauhan, 1962)
  148. Species Bipalium rotungense Whitehouse, 1914 accepted as Diversibipalium rotungense (Whitehouse, 1914)
  149. Species Bipalium ruteofulvum Kaburaki, 1922 accepted as Diversibipalium ruteofulvum (Kaburaki, 1922) (species inquirendae)
  150. Species Bipalium salvini Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium salvini (Graff, 1899)
  151. Species Bipalium sarasini Müller, 1907 accepted as Diversibipalium sarasini (Müller, 1907)
  152. Species Bipalium sexcinctum Loman, 1890 accepted as Diversibipalium sexcinctum (Loman, 1890)
  153. Species Bipalium shipleyi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium shipleyi (Graff, 1899)
  154. Species Bipalium sikorai Graff, 1899 accepted as Humbertium sikorai (Graff, 1899) (nomen oblitum)
  155. Species Bipalium simplex Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium simplex (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  156. Species Bipalium smithi Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium smithi (Graff, 1899) Kawakatsu, Ogren, Froelich & Sasaki, 2002 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  157. Species Bipalium solmsi Graff, 1898 accepted as Diversibipalium solmsi (Graff, 1898)
  158. Species Bipalium sordidum Whitehouse, 1914 accepted as Diversibipalium sordidum (Whitehouse, 1914)
  159. Species Bipalium splendens Whitehouse, 1919 accepted as Diversibipalium splendens (Whitehouse, 1919)
  160. Species Bipalium steindachneri Graff, 1899 accepted as Diversibipalium steindachneri (Graff, 1899)
  161. Species Bipalium stimpsoni Diesing, 1862 accepted as Diversibipalium stimpsoni (Diesing, 1862)
  162. Species Bipalium subboreale Sabussowa, 1925 accepted as Humbertium subboreale (Sabussowa, 1925)
  163. Species Bipalium sumatrense Loman, 1883 accepted as Diversibipalium sumatrense (Loman, 1883)
  164. Species Bipalium superbum Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  165. Species Bipalium sylvestre Whitehouse, 1919 (unaccepted)
  166. Species Bipalium tamatavensis Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  167. Species Bipalium tau Mell, 1903 (unaccepted)
  168. Species Bipalium tennenti Diesing, 1862 (unaccepted)
  169. Species Bipalium transversefasciatum Müller, 1907 (unaccepted)
  170. Species Bipalium trifuscostriatum Kaburaki, 1922 (unaccepted)
  171. Species Bipalium trilineatum Stimpson, 1857 (unaccepted, species inquirendae)
  172. Species Bipalium tripartitum Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  173. Species Bipalium umbrinum Geba, 1909 (unaccepted)
  174. Species Bipalium unicolor Moseley, 1877 (unaccepted)
  175. Species Bipalium venosum Kaburaki, 1922 (unaccepted)
  176. Species Bipalium vinosum Kaburaki, 1925 (unaccepted)
  177. Species Bipalium virchowi Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  178. Species Bipalium virgatum Stimpson, 1857 (unaccepted)
  179. Species Bipalium vittatum Loman, 1888 (unaccepted)
  180. Species Bipalium voigti Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  181. Species Bipalium weberi Loman, 1890 (unaccepted)
  182. Species Bipalium whitehousei Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1987 (unaccepted)
  183. Species Bipalium woodworthi Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
  184. Species Bipalium wrighti Graff, 1899 (unaccepted)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars I, Turbellaria Dendrocoela. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate]., available online at https://archive.org/details/prodromusdescrip00stim
page(s): 232 [details] OpenAccess publication
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Bipalium Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414969 on 2026-02-07
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original description Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Johanne Rodgers Duce, observavit et descripsit. Pars I, Turbellaria Dendrocoela. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate]., available online at https://archive.org/details/prodromusdescrip00stim
page(s): 232 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Perocephalus Graff, 1896) Graff, L. von. (1896). Ueber das System und die geographische Verbreitung der Landplanarien. Verhandl Deutsch Zoolog Ges, 61-93 [6:75-93]
page(s): 68 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Placocephalus Graff, 1896) Graff, L. von. (1896). Ueber das System und die geographische Verbreitung der Landplanarien. Verhandl Deutsch Zoolog Ges, 61-93 [6:75-93]
page(s): 69 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details] 
 
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