In Panama this species has been collected from Culebra Island (USNM E 41605) and from Taboga Island, Panama Bay, Gulf of Panama, eastern Pacific, North Pacific Ocean.
Nielsen, E. (1932). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916 - 59. - Ophiurans from the Gulf of Panama, California, and the Strait of Georgia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 91, 241-346.
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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