Bipalium
creator: Appeltans, Ward
creator: Tyler, Seth
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Bipalium Stimpson, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414969 on 2026-08-01
created: 2009-09-23T10:40:38Z
modified: 2010-06-17T15:18:29Z
replaces: 480006
replaces: 480007
replaces: 480008
replaces: 480010
replaces: 480009
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Bipalium Stimpson, 1857
family: Geoplanidae
genus: Bipalium
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 19-31 [1-13 in separate].
name published in: Graff, L. von. (1896). Ueber das System und die geographische Verbreitung der Landplanarien. Verhandl Deutsch Zoolog Ges, 61-93 [6:75-93]
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1896
order: Tricladida
parent name usage ID: 879664
phylum: Platyhelminthes
scientific name authorship: Stimpson, 1857
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted