In Panama this species has been collected from Galeta Island (USNM 1021593), Caribbean Sea from a depth range of 9 to 12 m.
Clark, H. L. (1924). The holothurians of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy: the Synaptinae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 65: 459-501.
Leptosynapta macropatina Heding, 1928