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]
^Blinn, Dean W.; Davies, Ronald W.; Dehdashti, Behrooz (1987). "Specialized pelagic feeding by Erpobdella montezuma (Hirudinea)". Holarctic Ecology. 10 (3): 235–240. JSTOR 3682581.
Hyalellamontezuma is a pelagic amphipod. It lives in Montezuma Well, an oasis in central Arizona. It is the only food of the endemic leech Motobdella...
exclusively in Montezuma Well: a diatom, the Montezuma Well springsnail, a water scorpion, the Hyalellamontezuma amphipod, and the Motobdella montezuma leech...
described as separate species – Hyalella texana from the Edwards Plateau of Texas, and Hyalellamontezuma from Montezuma Well, Arizona. In addition to being...
on the endemic amphipod Hyalellamontezuma, which it detects using passive sonar and swallows whole. Adults of M. montezuma may reach a length of 71 mm...
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