This species is recorded from the Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific (see Maluf, 1988).
Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America off the Galapagos Islands during 1891, by the "Albatross", A. Agassiz XXXV; Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of A. Agassiz, aboard the "Albatross", from Aug. 1899 to Mar. 1900. VIII. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 32: 292 pp.
Maluf, L. Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the central eastern Pacific echinoderms. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports, 2, 1– 242.
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