In Panama this species has been collected from the Panama Basin (USNM 1075743 & USNM 1075689; Centroid Latitude: 5.16333, Centroid Longitude:-81.68667), eastern Pacific, North Pacific Ocean, by the R. V. Melville from a depth range of 3900 to 4000 m.
Verrill, A. E. (1885). Results of the explorations made by the Steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States. Report of the United States Commission of Fisheries , 1883, 503-699.
Bohn, J. M. (2006). Crinoidea and Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) of the abyssal Angola Basin—Results of the DIVA-1 expedition of FS "Meteor" (Cruise M48/1). Zootaxa 1276: 1–31.
Chun, C., 1896. Atlantis. Biologische Studien über pelagische Organismen Auricularia nudibranchiata. Biblioteca Zoologica. 19: 55-75.
Ludwig, H. 1893. Vorlaufiger Bericht uber die erbeuteten Holothurien. Bull MCZ 24(4) 105-114.
World Register of Marine Species
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183372Auricularia nudibranchiata Chun, 1896
Synapta abyssicola Théel, 1886 (synonym)
Synapta abyssicola var. pacifica Ludwig, 1893
Synapta brychia Verrill, 1885
