Do habitable moons even exist?

The one extrasolar planet that has been searched for the presence of habitable moons does not seem to have any (large) moons:

Brown et al. 2001

"The solid lines show the light curve one would expect given the presence of a satellite of 1.5 R_Earth, with an orbital period of 1.5 days."

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