In Panama this species has been collected on Korbiski Reef (USNM E21119), near Nabu Nega, San Blas Islands, from a depth of 4.6 m and from Limon Bay (USNM E 24638), Margarita Island, Fort Randolph (Inshore end of jetty), from a depth of 100 m.
Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178616Luidia quequenensis Bernasconi, 1942 (synonym according to A.M. Clark (1982))
