This species is recorded from off the eastern Pacific coast of Panama, with a depth range of 0 to162 m (see Lessios, 2005).
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Alvarado, J. J., Solís-Marín, F. A. &. Ahearn, C. G. (2010). Echinoderm (Echinodermata) diversity in the Pacific coast of Central America. Marine Biodiversity 40: 45-56.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513191Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community)