Hyalella montezuma
| Hyalella montezuma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Hyalellidae |
| Genus: | Hyalella |
| Species: | H. montezuma
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyalella montezuma Cole & Watkins, 1977
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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.[2]
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ Blinn, Dean W.; Davies, Ronald W.; Dehdashti, Behrooz (1987). "Specialized pelagic feeding by Erpobdella montezuma (Hirudinea)". Holarctic Ecology. 10 (3): 235–240. Bibcode:1987Ecogr..10..235B. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1987.tb00764.x. JSTOR 3682581.