Pleurobranchaea meckeli

Pleurobranchaea meckeli is a species of sea slug, specifically a side gill slug or notaspideans. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.^[2]

Pleurobranchaea meckeli
A lateral view of a live Pleurobranchaea meckeli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:	Pleurobranchaea
Species:	P. meckeli
Binomial name
Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)[1]
Synonyms
Pleurobranchaea chiajei Locard, 1886 (Unjustified emendation of dellechiaii) Pleurobranchaea dellechiaii Vérany, 1846 Pleurobranchaea notmec Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 Pleurobranchaea vayssierei Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 Pleurobranchidium meckeli Blainville, 1825 (original combination)

Description

The length of the body attains 15 centimetres (5.9 in),

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Portugal.