Motobdella montezuma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Class
- Clitellata
- Order
- Arhynchobdellida
- Family
- Erpobdellidae
- Genus
- Motobdella
- Species
- Motobdella montezuma
- Scientific Name
- Motobdella montezuma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Motobdella montezuma
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.
...