A syntype (of the junior synonym) of this species (USNM 34431) was collected off the eastern Pacific coast of Panama, from a depth of 121 m, by the R. V. Albatross (28 th February, 1891).
Ludwig. (1905). Asteroidea. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America off the Galapagos Islands during 1891, by the "Albatross", A. Agassiz XXXV; Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of A. Agassiz, aboard the "Albatross", from Aug. 1899 to Mar. 1900. VIII. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 32: 151-156, pl.12, figs.58-60, pl.23, fig.133, pl.24, fig.138, pl.25, fig.144, pl.26, fig.145.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254810Goniodiscus horridus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Nidorellia horrida Perrier, 1875
Pauliella aenigma Ludwig, 1905 (synonym )
Syntype: USNM 34431 of junior synonym Pauliella aenigma
Type locality: Panama, eastern Pacific, from a depth of 121 m, by the R. V. Albatross (28 th February, 1891).
