Bursa rhodostoma (Sowerby, 1841)
27mm

Bursa rhodostoma is very common in the Marshalls, living in a variety of reef habitats, usually under rocks or in lagoon algae patches at depths of 1 to 20m.

The one below was found eating an Echinothrix urchin.

The one below appeared to be depositing its dark-colored egg mass inside the shell of an old dead bivalve. We did not actually see it producing the eggs.

Two more from lagoon algae patches.

Created 10 August 2010
Updated 12 September 2011

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