Sanaroa and Dobu are the most significant of the smaller islands, while Sori or Wild is named for the HMS Challengers artist, John James Wild.
It was described by Walker in 1865, and is known from New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands.
She took part in the survey of the sea route from Milne Bay to Oro Bay, between the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the New Guinea mainland for the proposed attack om Buna.
Attached to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines upon his arrival at Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, early in December 1943, PFC Fardy left with that unit about a week later for Nascing, Alatu, New Guinea.
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The ecoregion includes several island groups lying east of the eastern peninsula of the island of New Guinea, including the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Trobriand Islands, and Woodlark Island.