The type specimen of this species was collected from the Pacific coast of Panama (see Verrill,1867).
Verrill, A. E. (1867). Notes on radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species - II. Notes on the echinoderms of Panama and the West coast of America, with descriptions of a new genus. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1(2), 247-351.
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