This species is uncommon in the Marshalls, known from at least nine specimens at Kwajalein plus four more found by John and Lynette Flynn at Rongelap and another four found by Stan Jazwinski at Ailinglaplap. All were found under dead coral or in Halimeda algae patches on lagoon or seaward reefs at depths of about 1 to 10 meters. Specimens ranged from 20 to 36mm. They vary in color.
The specimen below was found under a rock on Kwajalein Atoll's lagoon eastern reef at a depth of 3m on 8 June 2009.
This one was crawling on Halimeda algae in a sand patch algae patch on Kwajalein's eastern lagoon reef at a depth of about 8m on 4 September 2009.
In a lagoon algae patch on 13 November 2011.
Below are two of the specimens photographed by Stan Jazwinski at Ailinglaplap.
Created 15 December 2006
Updated 3 August 2021