In Panama this species has been collected from Taboguilla Island (depth 5 m), Taboga Island (USNM E 33332), Pedro Gonzales Island, Perlas Archipelago (USNM E 37207; Centroid Latitude: 8.3783, Centroid Longitude: -79.1033), Balboa Island, Panama Bay (USNM 39002, depth 6 m), Bona Island Panama Bay (USNM E 37328, depth 9 m), Paitilla Point, Panama Bay (USNM E 26727) and Perico Island, Panama Bay (USNM E 32007), Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific.
Panama, eastern Pacif
Döderlein, L. (1936). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Die unterfamile Oreasterinae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 295-369, pls. 21-32.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254919Goniodiscus armata Lutken, 1859
Goniodiscus conifer Möbius, 1859 (A synonym accoridng to Sladen (1889).)
Goniodiscus michelini Perrier, 1869
Goniodiscus stella Verill, 1870
Nidorellia michelini (Perrier, 1869) (A synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster armatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Pentaceros armatus Gray, 1840
