Pleurobranchus areolatus occurs off Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Aruba, St. Maarten/St Martin, Bahamas, Bermuda, Panama,[REF] Canary Islands and Madeira [REF].
P. areolatus was also reported from the eastern Pacific, but those records were identified as Pleurobranchus digueti in 2015 [REF].