mode of nutrition in leech Share with your friends Share 2 Sandra Rockstar answered this Leech belongs to the phylum annelida and it sucks blood from the host body for it's survival. Therefore it is a parasite. 8 View Full Answer Ashrita Mishra answered this parasitic mode of nutrition 1 Purva Gautam answered this Leech in a sanguivorous insect, i.e. it feeds on blood. 6