The holotype of this species was collected off Isla del Rey (Centroid Latitude: 8.1083, Centroid Longitude:-78.8500), Pearl Islands, Gulf of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific, by the R. V. Albatross, from a depth of 60 m.
Downey, M. E. & Wellington, G. M. (1978). Rediscovery of the giant sea-star Luidia superba A.H. Clark in the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(2): 375-376.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368146Holotype: USNM 36948
Type locality: Isla del Rey (Centroid Latitude: 8.1083, Centroid Longitude:-78.8500), Pearl Islands, Gulf of Panama, Panama, eastern Pacific, from a depth of 60 m.
