Crepidacantha crinispina has been recorded from New Zealand, southern Australia, Patagonia (Pacific and Atlantic), New Caledonia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. It is found encrusting shells or rocks. The illustration, of a specimen from Bass Strait, shows an ovicell.
Original Description: Crepidacantha poissonii var. crinispina Levinsen, 1909.
Locality - Koh Kram, Siam (Thailand)