In Panama this species been collected in the Caribbean from:
-Galeta Island (USNM E 26602, USNM E 26687, USNM E 28260, USNM E 38607; Centroid Latitude: 9.4067, Centroid Longitude: -79.8667)
Portobelo (USNM E 11402, USNM E 27448)
-Limon Bay, Colon (USNM 39448, USNM E 26606)
-3.5 miles North of the Piedras River (USNM E 18817)
-Miria Island, San Blas (USNM E 26686)
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Coppard, S. E. & Campbell, A. C. (2004). Taxonomic significance of spine morphology in the echinoid genera Diadema and Echinothrix. Invertebrate Biology, 123 (4), 357-371.
Coppard, S. E. & Campbell, A. C. (2006a). Taxonomic significance of test morphology in the echinoid genera Diadema Gray, 1825 and Echinothrix Peters 1853 (Echinodermata). Zoosystema 28(1), 93-112.
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124332Centrechinus antillarum (Philippi, 1845) (transferred to Diadema)
Centrechinus setosus Jackson, 1912 (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris (Diadema) antillarum Philippi, 1845 (transferred to Diadema)
