In Panama this species has been collected from Galeta Point (reef West of lab), Galeta Island (USNM E 24001, USNM E 24001), from Miria Island, (USNM E 21671, USNM E 21679, USNM E 21673, USNM E 21683, USNM E 21709), Pico Feo Island (USNM E 22477), San Blas Islands, and from North of Palina Island (USNM E 52888; Centroid Latitude: 9.61306, Centroid Longitude: -79.59722), Colon, Caribbean Sea.
Pourtalès, L. F. (1851). On the Holothuriae of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Proceedings American Association Advancement Science, Fifth Meeting, Washington. pp. 8-16.
Selenka, E. (1867). Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Holothurien, Z. wiss. Zool. 17: 291-374, pls. 17-20.
World Register of Marine Species
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210900Cuvieria (Holothuria) floridana Pourtalès, 1851
Holothuria heilprini Ives, 1890
Holothuria nitida Ives, 1890
Holothuria silamensis Ives, 1890
