original description
Fisher, W. K. (1907). The Holothurians of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst, U. S. Nation. Mus., Proc. 32: (637-744). [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Thandar, A. S. (1992). The South African Museum's Meiring Naude cruises. Part 18: Holothuroidea. <em>Ann. S. Afr. Mus.</em> 101: 159-180. [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Distribution: off Natal, between Cape St. Lucia and Kosi Bay (depth range 860-1050 m.), south-east Africa, Japan, Hawaii and Philippines (Thandar, 1992). [details]
Validity O. insignis was synonymized with O. glaber by Hansen (1975). [details]