Kelpien
- Appearance: Mammalian; relatively tall, heavily-ridged facial structure
- Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs that sense "danger", emerge only when sensing (DIS: "Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
- Bioelectric field thing?
- Has "threat ganglia", sensory organs that sense "danger", emerge only when sensing (DIS: "Battle of the Binary Stars"; DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
- Homeworld: Beyond Federation space as of 2255
- Descends from prey species unlike majority of known intelligent species