Global InformationLimnatis nilotica information
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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: | Hirudinidae |
| Genus: | Limnatis |
| Species: | L. nilotica
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)
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Limnatis nilotica is a species of leech in the family Hirudinidae.[1] It is hematophagous (feeding on blood), living on the mucous membranes of mammals.
- ^ "Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)". EUNIS. European Environment Agency. Retrieved 17 April 2020.