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New Zealand flatwormnounA speckled brown terrestrial flatworm up to 15 cm in length, accidentally introduced from New Zealand to Britain where it is destroying earthworm populations.- Artioposthia triangulata, order Tricladida, class Turbellaria.
The New Zealand flatworm, introduced into Edinburgh in potted plants in 1960, is now eating native earthworms throughout central Scotland and endangering the fertility of the soil....- Studies on captive New Zealand flatworms have shown that they can consume several earthworms in a week.
- The New Zealand flatworm is found mainly in the north of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
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