In Panama this species has been collected from East of Limon Bay (USNM 7416), Colon (Centroid Latitude: 9.8167, Centroid Longitude: -79.5250, depth 1639 m), from the Gulf of Mosquitos (USNM E 18965; Centroid Latitude: 9.22, Centroid Longitude: -81.50, depth 366 m), and from East of Valiente Peninsula (USNM E 38635; Centroid Latitude: 9.08, Centroid Longitude:-81.30, depth 594 m), Caribbean Sea.
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351.
Halpern, J.A. (1970). Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of the Straits of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(1): 193-286.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124048Dorigona arenata Perrier, 1885
Dorigona jacqueti Perrier, 1894 (synonym)
Dorigona prehensilis Perrier, 1885 (synonym)
Dorigona subspinosa Perrier, 1894
Dorigona ternalis Perrier, 1885 (A synonym according to Halpern (1970).)
Nymphaster albidus Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
Nymphaster basilicus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Nymphaster jacqueti (Perrier, 1894) (synonym according to Macan (1938))
Nymphaster prehensilis (Perrier, 1885) (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
Nymphaster protentus Sladen, 1889 (Synonym according to Macan (1938))
Nymphaster subspinosus Bell, 1892 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Nymphaster subspinosus (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
Nymphaster ternalis (Perrier, 1881) (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Pentagonaster arenatus Perrier, 1881 (synonym)
Pentagonaster jacqueti Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882 (A synonym according to Macan (1938))
Pentagonaster subspinosus Perrier, 1881 (synonym)
Pentagonaster ternalis Perrier, 1881 (Synonym according to Halpern (1970))
Podosphaeraster crassus Cherbonnier, 1974 (Synonym)
