Limnatis nilotica

Limnatis nilotica
Limnatis nilotica movement
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Hirudinidae
Genus: Limnatis
Species:
L. nilotica
Binomial name
Limnatis nilotica
(Savigny, 1822)

Limnatis nilotica is a species of leech in the family Hirudinidae. It is hematophagous (feeding on blood), living on the mucous membranes of mammals.