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Motobdella montezuma

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Fredric R. Govedich; Dean W. Blinn; Paul Keim; Ronald W. Davies (1998). "Phylogenetic relationships of three genera of Erpobdellidae (Hirudinoidea), with a description of a new genus,
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are present. As night falls, the leeches swim towards the surface and hunt amphipods near the surface; this is the only instance of a leech hunting in open water. Prey are detected by
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Montezuma Well, due to a high carbon dioxide level in the water, is unable to support a population of
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Blinn, Dean W.; Davies, Ronald W. & Dehdashti, Behrooz (1987). "Specialized pelagic feeding by
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are placed in a nutrient-filled cocoon. The cocoon is placed deep enough to avoid the attention of
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may reach a length of 71 mm (2.8 in) including the suckers at the front and rear.
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Roy T. Sawyer (1970). "Observations on the natural history and behavior of
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of predator-free open water. Although there are a number of species of
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Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates
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and other predators, and the eggs hatch into self-sufficient
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by a leech is only known to occur in Montezuma Well.
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This pattern of 627: 625: 623: 621: 7: 819:Freshwater animals of North America 308:Montezuma Castle National Monument 14: 203:Davies, Singhal & Blinn, 1985 554:(Leidy) (Annelida: Hirudinea)". 338:consists almost entirely of the 334:living in the well, the diet of 280:is closely related to the genus 35: 404:each other, and the resulting 1: 557:American Midland Naturalist 495:Canadian Journal of Zoology 400:results in two individuals 845: 829:Animals described in 1985 388:Like many other leeches, 243:, which it detects using 196: 188: 173: 166: 32:Scientific classification 30: 23: 824:Endemic fauna of Arizona 459:Texas A&M University 378:diel vertical migration 312:Yavapai County, Arizona 225:which is only found in 16:Species of annelid worm 508:10.1139/cjz-76-12-2164 274: 641:National Park Service 490:Motobdella sedonensis 270: 671:Motobdella montezuma 596:Erpobdella montezuma 435:Motobdella montezuma 359:Motobdella montezuma 278:Motobdella montezuma 247:and swallows whole. 214:Motobdella montezuma 199:Erpobdella montezuma 177:Motobdella montezuma 25:Motobdella montezuma 552:Erpobdella punctata 398:Sexual reproduction 347:Hyalella montezuma 275: 240:Hyalella montezuma 801: 800: 786:Open Tree of Life 663:Taxon identifiers 600:Holarctic Ecology 536:978-0-12-690647-9 502:(12): 2164–2171. 210: 209: 205: 159:M. montezuma 836: 794: 793: 781: 780: 768: 767: 755: 754: 742: 741: 729: 728: 716: 715: 703: 702: 690: 689: 688: 658: 652: 651: 649: 647: 638: 629: 616: 615: 591: 582: 581: 547: 541: 540: 525:(2nd ed.). 518: 512: 511: 481: 475: 474: 472: 470: 465:on June 13, 2011 461:. Archived from 451: 445: 444: 429: 328:ecological niche 204: 201: 179: 125:Arhynchobdellida 40: 39: 21: 844: 843: 839: 838: 837: 835: 834: 833: 804: 803: 802: 797: 789: 784: 776: 771: 763: 758: 750: 745: 737: 732: 724: 719: 711: 706: 698: 693: 684: 683: 678: 665: 655: 645: 643: 636: 631: 630: 619: 593: 592: 585: 570:10.2307/2424006 549: 548: 544: 537: 520: 519: 515: 488:, and species, 483: 482: 478: 468: 466: 455:"Erpobdellidae" 453: 452: 448: 431: 430: 426: 422: 386: 356: 320: 265: 253: 202: 184: 181: 175: 162: 82:Pleistoannelida 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 842: 840: 832: 831: 826: 821: 816: 806: 805: 799: 798: 796: 795: 782: 769: 756: 743: 730: 717: 704: 691: 675: 673: 667: 666: 661: 654: 653: 617: 606:(3): 235–240. 598:(Hirudinea)". 583: 542: 535: 527:Academic Press 513: 476: 446: 423: 421: 418: 394:hermaphroditic 385: 382: 355: 352: 319: 316: 304:Montezuma Well 272:Montezuma Well 264: 261: 252: 249: 227:Montezuma Well 208: 207: 194: 193: 186: 185: 182: 171: 170: 164: 163: 156: 154: 150: 149: 142: 138: 137: 132: 128: 127: 122: 118: 117: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 92: 85: 84: 79: 72: 71: 66: 62: 61: 56: 52: 51: 46: 42: 41: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 841: 830: 827: 825: 822: 820: 817: 815: 814:Erpobdellidae 812: 811: 809: 792: 787: 783: 779: 774: 770: 766: 761: 757: 753: 748: 744: 740: 735: 731: 727: 722: 718: 714: 709: 705: 701: 696: 692: 687: 681: 677: 676: 674: 672: 668: 664: 659: 642: 635: 628: 626: 624: 622: 618: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 590: 588: 584: 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 558: 553: 546: 543: 538: 532: 528: 524: 517: 514: 509: 505: 501: 497: 496: 491: 487: 480: 477: 464: 460: 456: 450: 447: 442: 438: 436: 428: 425: 419: 417: 415: 411: 407: 403: 399: 395: 391: 383: 381: 379: 375: 374:passive sonar 371: 368: 364: 360: 353: 351: 349: 348: 344: 341: 337: 333: 332:invertebrates 329: 326:, leaving an 325: 317: 315: 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 288:North America 285: 284: 279: 273: 269: 262: 260: 258: 250: 248: 246: 245:passive sonar 242: 241: 236: 235:United States 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 215: 206: 200: 195: 191: 187: 180: 178: 172: 169: 168:Binomial name 165: 161: 160: 155: 152: 151: 148: 147: 143: 140: 139: 136: 135:Erpobdellidae 133: 130: 129: 126: 123: 120: 119: 116: 113: 110: 109: 106: 103: 100: 99: 96: 93: 90: 87: 86: 83: 80: 77: 74: 73: 70: 67: 64: 63: 60: 57: 54: 53: 50: 47: 44: 43: 38: 33: 29: 26: 22: 19: 670: 644:. 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However, 251:Description 808:Categories 486:Motobdella 420:References 384:Life cycle 283:Erpobdella 255:Adults of 229:, central 146:Motobdella 111:Subclass: 105:Clitellata 95:Sedentaria 646:April 19, 469:April 19, 414:juveniles 370:waterfowl 367:predatory 363:nocturnal 306:, in the 153:Species: 115:Hirudinea 55:Kingdom: 49:Eukaryota 765:2.840678 739:10526670 686:Q3698463 680:Wikidata 354:Behavior 343:amphipod 190:Synonyms 131:Family: 69:Annelida 65:Phylum: 59:Animalia 45:Domain: 791:5723675 778:1651252 713:2308850 612:3682581 578:2424006 340:endemic 318:Ecology 231:Arizona 219:species 192:  141:Genus: 121:Order: 101:Class: 752:568959 726:225290 700:482946 610:  576:  533:  296:Mexico 292:Alaska 734:IRMNG 637:(PDF) 608:JSTOR 574:JSTOR 410:ducks 290:from 223:leech 217:is a 89:Clade 76:Clade 773:NCBI 747:ITIS 708:GBIF 648:2010 531:ISBN 471:2010 406:eggs 324:fish 695:EoL 566:doi 504:doi 492:". 392:is 361:is 310:in 294:to 221:of 810:: 788:: 775:: 762:: 749:: 736:: 723:: 710:: 697:: 682:: 639:. 620:^ 604:10 602:. 586:^ 572:. 562:83 560:. 529:. 500:76 498:. 457:. 439:. 416:. 396:. 350:. 314:. 233:, 91:: 78:: 650:. 614:. 580:. 568:: 539:. 510:. 506:: 473:. 443:. 437:" 433:"

Index

Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Annelida
Pleistoannelida
Sedentaria
Clitellata
Hirudinea
Arhynchobdellida
Erpobdellidae
Motobdella
Binomial name
Synonyms
species
leech
Montezuma Well
Arizona
United States
Hyalella montezuma
passive sonar

Montezuma Well
Erpobdella
North America
Alaska
Mexico
Montezuma Well
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Yavapai County, Arizona

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