Noumea crocea Rudman, 1986

This species is occasionally seen at Enewetak and Kwajalein Atolls. It's actually rather easy to look for, since it virtually always is on a yellow sponge thought to be a species of Darwinella. This sponge, and consequently the nudibranch, lives under chunks of dead coral on shallow subtidal intertidal reefs and occasionally on lagoon pinnacles at depths of 3 to 10 meters. 30 measured specimens ranged from 9 to 25mm in length.

The two specimens below were not on their normal yellow sponge, but a colony was nearby.

Created 18 December 2005
Updated 15 January 2007