Ortea et al. (2014) defend that
Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832, from the islands of the Gulf of Guinea,
Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, Cattaneo-Vietti & Edmunds, 1996 from the Cape Verde Islands and their own
Pleurobranchus wirtzi Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014 from the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores, are different species.