In Panama this species has been collected off Taboguilla Island (USNM E 9894), Taboga Island (USNM E 2348), Culebra Island (USNM E 21697), and from Paitilla Point (USNM E 21702 & USNM E 22471, Centroid Latitude: 8.967, Centroid Longitude:-79.517), Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific.
Selenka, E. (1867). Beitrage zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien. Der Philosophischen Facultat zu Gottingen in December 1866, als Dissertation vorgelegt.: pp. 291-374.
Rowe, F.W.E. (1969). A review of the family Holothuriidae (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Zool.) 18(4): 119-170.
World Register of Marine Species
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