His doctoral thesis on the Tuamotus island chain, submitted to Uppsala University in 1955, was published the following year as Work and Life on Raroia.
It is common in the shallow intertidal waters of the Tuamotus.
The type species has been found in the Pacific Ocean off the Tuamotus.
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Geographically this island is part of the East-central subgroup of the Tuamotus, which includes Ahunui, Amanu, Fangatau, Hao and Nukutavake.
Puka-Puka is a small coral atoll on the north side of the Tuamotus in French Polynesia
Geographically Vairaatea Atoll is part of the East-central subgroup of the Tuamotus, which includes Ahunui, Amanu, Fangatau, Hao and Nukutavake.