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