Motobdella montezuma
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Motobdella montezuma is a species of leech which is only found in Montezuma Well, central Arizona, United States. It is a nocturnal pelagic predator that feeds almost exclusively on the endemic amphipod Hyalella montezuma, which it detects using passive sonar and swallows whole.
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Motobdella montezuma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Family: | Erpobdellidae |
Genus: | Motobdella |
Species: | M. montezuma |
Binomial name | |
Motobdella montezuma (Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985) [1] | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Erpobdella montezuma Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985 |
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