Noumea flava (Eliot, 1904)
Noumea flava is rare in
the Marshalls. We have seen only four specimens, three at Enewetak Atoll and
one at Kwajalein, under dead coral rocks at depths of 5 to 10 meters on lagoon
reefs and pinnacles. The specimen below measured 11mm. They were all found eating
a bright yellow sponge.


The pair below showed up at the
edge of a photograph taken of another subject. They were not noticed when the
picture was taken. It is a bit fuzzy since the picture has been blown up considerably.

The specimen in the photos below
was found on yellow sponge on a Kwajalein Atoll lagoon pinnacle on 14 September
2008.



Created
18 December 2005
Updated 20 September 2008
