In Panama this species has been collected from the reef flat at Galeta Island (USNM E 26459), from East of Linton Island, Colon (USNM E 53076: Centroid Latitude: 9.6200, Centroid Longitude: -79.5806), and from Pico Feo Island (USNM E 47933: Centroid Latitude: 9.5517, Centroid Longitude: -78.9742) San Blas, Caribbean Sea.
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.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243584Ophiocomella ophiactoides is een slangster uit de familie Ophiocomidae.
De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1901 gepubliceerd door Hubert Lyman Clark.
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