In Panama this species has been collected off Isla Taboguilla and Isla Urava (USNM E 47607), Bay of Panama, eastern Pacific, from within subtidal rock holes.
Solis-Marin, F. A. and A. Laguarda-Figueras (1999). Cucumaria flamma, a new species of sea cucumber from the central eastern Pacific (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(4): 778-786.
World Register of Marine Species
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:529159Paratype: USNM E 47607
Type locality: Taboguilla and Urava Islands, Bay of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific, from within subtidal rock holes.