In Panama this species was collected from the Canal Zone (USNM 7579; Centroid Latitude: 9.5333, Centroid Longitude: -79.9083), Caribbean Sea, by the R. V. Albatross, from a depth of 62 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:
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.
Verrill, A. E. (1871). Brief contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale College. XV. Descriptions of starfishes and ophiurans from the Atlantic coasts of America and Africa. American Journal of Science, ser. 3, 2, 130-133.
World Ophiuroidea Database
Amphioplus abdita (Verrill, 1871) (lapsus)
Amphipholis abdita Verrill, 1871 (synonym)
