Scientific name: Bipalium kewense
Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Plathyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Tricladida
Suborder: Continenticola
Family: Geoplanidae
Subfamily: Bipaliinae
Genus: Bipalium
Species: B. kewense
Type of species: Indigenous
Distribution: The planarians have a cosmopolitian distribution.
Habitat: This species of bipalium is found in moist terrestrial habitats that are relatively cool.
Conservation status: Least concern
Danger warning: Recently, the presence of tetrodotoxin, a very potent neurotoxin, was recorded in B. adventitium and B. kewense. It is the first record of tetrodotoxin in terrestrial invertebrates.
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