Hyalella montezuma

Hyalella montezuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
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[]

^ 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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