In Panama this species has been collected from:
- Ogopuquip Island, Holandes Cays, San Blas Islands (USNM E 26042)
- San Blas Point, San Blas (USNM E 25931)
- Sabanilla Point, Portobelo (USNM E 34775)
- Buenaventura Cove, Portobelo (USNM E 34976)
- Manzanillo Point (USNM E 25964)
Clark, A. H. (1909). Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507.
Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls.
Meyer, D. L., Messing, C. G., Macurda, D. B. (1978). Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bull. Marine Sci. 28:412-441.
Lectotype: USNM 25459
