The genus Bahadzia is restricted to the West Indies and Mexico. The only freshwater species, B. latipalpus , has the most distinct morphology, while the anchialine species more closely resemble each other. Anchialine limestone cave. Free-swimming at a depth of 32 m in fully marine salinity waters below the halocline. Bacterial growth at the halocline may provide a primary food resource for the associated cave fauna.
Most amphipods carry their eggs and juveniles in a brood pouch.
They do not have larvae or resting stages. These attributes affect their dispersal capacities and thus, contribute to their endemism. The genus Bahadzia is phylogenetically with Mayaweckelia and Tuluweckelia . Holsinger, J.R. 1992. Holsinger, J.R., D. Williams, J. Yager, and T.M. Iliffe.