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]
Hyalella montezuma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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