In Panama this species has been collected in the Caribbean Sea from:
-Toro Point, Fort Sherman, Limon Bay (USNM E 25513)
-Shimmey Beach, Fort Sherman, Limon Bay (USNM E 26461; Centroid Latitude: 9.37, Centroid Longitude:-79.93)
-Margarita Island, Fort Randolph, Limon Bay (USNM E 24087)
-Galeta Island (USNM E 26390)
-Portobelo (USNM E 25542)
-southwest of Buenaventura Cove, Portobelo (USNM E 27018; Centroid Latitude: 9.5278, Centroid Longitude: -79.6875)
-Miria Island, Sab Blas (USNM E 24085)
Say, T. (1825). On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the U.S. Journal of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, 5, 141-154.
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