The report of this species in Panama is unconfirmed and probably refers to Cocos Island, off Coast Rica. Maluf (1988) records that the distribution of this species straddles Panama.
Ziesenhenne, F. C. (1942). New eastern Pacific seastars. Allan Hancock, Pacific Expedition 8(4): 197-224.
Allan Hancock Foundation Catalog of the Echinoderm Collections. (1984). Card file of cataloged specimens held at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Maluf, L. Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the central eastern Pacific echinoderms. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports, 2, 1– 242.
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