Exechonella elegantissima is known from the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Specimen from North Direction Island, near Lizard Island, Queensland
Original description: Exechonella elegantissima Cáceres-Chamizo, Sanner, Tilbrook, & Ostrovsky, 2017
Locality: Safaga, Red Sea.
Holotype: DPUV 2012-0006-0001; Paratypes: DPUV 2012-0006-0002, DPUV 2012-0006-0003.