This species has been collected off the Caribbean coast of Panama from:
-Thlassia spp. bed off Fort Randolph, Margarita Island (USNM E 26453)
-Sail Rock, Canal Zone (USNM E 26425)
-Toro Point, Limon Bay, Canal Zone (USNM E 26444)
-Buenaventura Bay, Mangote Island (USNM E 53036)
-Galeta Island (USNM E 26443)
-La Doncella, Del Padre Island (USNM E 51808)
-Toro Point, Fort Sherman (USNM E 26450)
-Miria Island, San Blas (USNM E 26446)
-Pico Feo Island, San Blas (USNM E 25230)
Lütken, C. F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavet Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854, 6: 95-104.
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
Say, T. (1825). On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the U.S. Journal of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, 5, 141-154.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158073Ophioderma brevispinum (Say, 1825)
Ophioderma serpens Lütken, 1856
Ophiura brevispina Say, 1825
Ophiura brevispinum Say, 1825
