In Panama this species has been collected from East of Linton Island (USNM E 51295; Centroid Latitude: 9.6200, Centroid Longitude: -79.5806), Colon, Caribbean Sea, from a depth of 1 m.
Hendler, G. (1995). New species of brittle stars from the western Atlantic, Ophionereis vittata, Amphioplus sepultus, and Ophiostigma siva, and the designation of a neotype for Ophiostigma isocanthum (Say) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 458: 1-19.
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
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