This species was collected by the R. V. Albatross from within the Panama Canal on the Caribbean side (USNM 34037; Centroid Latitude: 9.5333, Centroid Longitude: -79.9083) from a depth of 62 m.
Koehler, R. (1914). Echinoderma I. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea et Echinoidea. In: Michaelsen, E. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas, 1(2), 127-303, pls 4-15. L. Friederichsen & Co.: Hamburg.
Lütken, C. F. (1855). Bidrag til Kundskab om Slangestjernerne. I. Forelöbig Oversigt over Grönlandshavet Ophiurer. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening 1854, 6: 95-104.
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