In Panama this species has been collected from Paitilla Point (USNM E 23561) and Venado Beach (USNM E 24244), Panama Bay, Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific.
Nielsen, E. (1932). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916 - 59. - Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 91, 241-346.
Turner, R.L. 1985. Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wshington 98(4): 1028-1029.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:245473
Amphipholis platydisca Nielsen, 1932 (synonym)
