Pleurobranchaea meckeli

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)
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);

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]

Description

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

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