| Motobdella montezuma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Erpobdellidae |
| Genus: | Motobdella |
| Species: | M. montezuma
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| Binomial name | |
| Motobdella montezuma (Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985) [1]
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Erpobdella montezuma Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985 | |
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.
- ^ "Motobdella montezuma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Erpobdellidae". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2010.