In Panama this species has been collected from east side of the mouth of the Ensenarica River, (USNM E 16252); from Kobbe Beach (USNM E 13818); and south of Chepillo Island, Panama Bay, eastern Pacific, North Pacific Ocean.
Verrill, A .E. (1867). The Echinoderms of Panama and the West Coast of America, with descriptions of new Genera and Species. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. i, pp. 251-322, pi. 10.
Verrill, A.E. (1870). On the Geographical Distribution of the Echinoderms of the West Coast of America (and Comparison of the Tropical Echinoderm Faunae of the East and West Coasts of America). Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. I, pp. 323-339, 1867. Reprint of Nos. 1-3, with additional footnotes.
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