Pleurobranchaea meckelii

Pleurobranchaea meckelii
A lateral view of a live Pleurobranchaea meckelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha

Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus: Pleurobranchaea
Species: P. meckelii
Binomial name
Pleurobranchaea meckelii
Leue, 1813
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 meckelii is a species of sea slug, specifically a side gill slug or notaspideans. ctendium present.It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. [1]

Description

The length of the body attains 150 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Pleurobranchaea meckeli. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140818 on 2015-10-20


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