Hyalella montezuma

Hyalella montezuma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Hyalellidae
Genus: Hyalella
Species:
H. montezuma
Binomial name
Hyalella montezuma
Cole & Watkins, 1977

Hyalella montezuma is a pelagic amphipod. It lives in Montezuma Well, an oasis in central Arizona. It is the only food of the endemic leech Motobdella montezuma.[1]

References

  1. ^ Blinn, Dean W.; Davies, Ronald W.; Dehdashti, Behrooz (1987). "Specialized pelagic feeding by Erpobdella montezuma (Hirudinea)". Holarctic Ecology. 10 (3): 235–240. JSTOR 3682581.


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