In Panama this species was collected southeast of Punta Mala (USNM 34439; Centroid Latitude: 7.0917, Centroid Longitude: -79.6667), Azuero Peninsula, eastern Pacific, by the R. V. Albatross, from a depth of 2323 m.
Ludwig. (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.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380758Benthopecten pectinifer is een zeester uit de familie Benthopectinidae.
De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1905 gepubliceerd door Hubert Ludwig.
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