In the Marshalls we have seen four specimens found on the intertidal reef at Enewetak Atoll quite a few more found on a shallow subtidal reef at Kwajalein. Additional specimens have been photographed at Rongelap, Majuro and Ailinglaplap Atolls. The largest so far measured about 12mm in length; 8 to 10mm is more typical. Gosliner et al (2018) figure it as Godiva sp. 1. The first two photos show a specimen found on a Kwajalein lagoon reef under a rock at a depth of about 6m on 4 July 2009.
On the 20th and 21st of September 2009, eight more specimens were observed on a shallow subtidal interisland reef at Kwajalein, under rocks at depths of 2 to 3m at low tide. Subsequently, specimens were often but not always found in the same area. The next two shots show one of these specimens.
The next photos shows a specimen from the Enewetak Atoll intertidal reef on 3 July 1981.
The specimen below was one of three observed on a shallow Kwajalein Atoll lagoon reef on 29 October 2011.
The next one is one of three found under rocks at less than a meter depth on the reef flat at Beran Island, Ailinglaplap Atoll, by Stan Jazwinski.
The individual in the photo below was found at Majuro Atoll by John & Lynette Flynn.
Below is a specimen found by Ken Cone and Beth Van Zummeren at Rongelap Atoll.
Created 8 January 2007
Updated 4 August 2021