The holotype of this species was collected from southeast of Punta Mala (Centroid Latitude: 7.09167, Centroid Longitude:-79.66667), Azuero Peninsula, Bay of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific by the R. V. Albatross, from a depth of 2323 m.
Ludwig, H. (1894). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding, xii. The Holothurioidea. Mem. Mus. Harvard xvii(No. 3): 17(3): 20-21.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:529009Holotype: USNM 18174
Type locality: southeast of Punta Mala ((Centroid Latitude: 7.09167, Centroid Longitude:-79.66667, depth 2323m), Azuero Peninsula, Bay of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific.