Hyalella montezuma

Hyalella montezuma

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Hyalellidae
Genus: Hyalella
Species:
H. montezuma
Binomial name
Hyalella montezuma
Cole & Watkins, 1977

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.