In Panama this species has been collected from Jaque, on the East side of the Gulf of Panama (USNM 21066; Centroid Latitude: 7.5500, Centroid Longitude: -78.5722, depth 155 m) and from off Isla Ladrones, Gulf of Chiriqui, eastern Pacific (no depth data recorded, see Lessios, 2005).
Mortensen T. (1928b): A monograph of the Echinoidea. Vol.1 Cidaroidea. C.A. Reitzel, Copenhagen: 1-551, pages: 416-419.
Lessios, H. A. (2005). Echinoids of the Pacific Waters of Panama: Status of knowledge and new records. Rev. Biol. Tropical 53 (sup. 3):147-170.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513324Dorocidaris panamensis A. Agassiz, 1898 (transferred to Hesperocidaris)
Stylocidaris panamensis (A. Agassiz, 1898) (transferred to Hesperocidaris)
Tretocidaris panamensis (A. Agassiz, 1898) (transferred to Hesperocidaris)
