Atagema intecta is rare in the Marshalls, known from only five specimens spread over four atolls, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Utirik and Rongelap. The four from Enewetak, Utirik and Rongelap were under dead coral on lagoon reefs and pinnacles at depths of 3 to 15 meters. The single specimen from Kwajalein was in a seaward reef surge channel cave at night at about 12 meters. Specimens from the Marshalls and the Solomons appear to have a much more distinct middorsal white band than Hawaiian specimens. Atagema intecta was first reported in the Marshalls from Rongelap Atoll as Trippa intecta by Johnson & Boucher (1984).
Created 12 December 2006