In Panama this species has been collected from Taboga Island (USNM 39466), Taboguilla Island (USNM E 14582), Farfan Point (USNM E 18818), Whorehous Reef (USNM 1014721), Fort Kobbe Beach (USNM E 14574),Venado Island (USNM E 25751, USNM E 25742), Paitilla Point (USNM E 26612), and between Changame Island & Bruga Point (USNM E 27045), Panama Bay, eastern Pacific. This species is also recorded from Miraflores Locks, Lower Chamber, in the Panama Canal (USNM E 26259) on the Pacific side.
Mortensen, T. (1935). A monograph of the Echinoidea 2. Bothriocidaroida, Meonechinoida, Lepidocentroida and Stiridonta. Copenhagen. 647 pp. 377 figures, 89 pls; pages: 575-577.
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:513125Arbacia incisa (A. Agassiz, 1863) (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris (Agarites) stellatus (Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788) (transferred to Arbacia)
Echinocidaris incisa A. Agassiz, 1863 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris longispina Lütken, 1864 (subjective junior synonym)
Echinocidaris stellatus (Blainville, 1825; ?Gmelin, 1788) (transferred to Arbacia)
Echinus stellatus Gmelin, 1788 (transferred to Arbacia)