Description

In Panama this species was collected from southwest of Coiba Island (USNM 19448; Centroid Latitude: 6.2833, Centroid Longitude: -82.0833, depth 3058 m) and South of Charco Azul Bay, Puerto Armuelles, (USNM 19449; Centroid Latitude: 6.1667, Centroid Longitude: -83.1000, depth 2690 m), by the R. V. Albatross.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Echinoidea

Order: Echinolampadacea

Family: Mellitidae

Genus: Encope

Species: Encope californica Verrill, 1870