Key Identification Features
- This is a description of the features that define species within the genus Artioposthia, which includes the species Artioposthia exulans (Dendy, 1901) Fyfe, 1946.
- Species of Artioposthia are characterized by a cylindrical pharynx, and ovaries located anterior to the male copulatory apparatus, positioned close to either the brain or the pharynx.
- Like most other species in the genus Bipalium, Bipalium javanum has a distinctively broad, hammer-like head that is roughly one centimeter wide.
- All species in this genus share distinct morphological characteristics.
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