This sponge is known from eastern Brazil, Guiana, Trinidad, the Yucatan shelf and northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
In the observed specimens, the body ranges from encrusting to massive.
Around Flower Garden Banks, it is documented on coralline algae reefs and among algal nodules.
In the observed specimens, the living outside is ochre brown.
In the observed specimens, the surface is finely bristly and feels rough.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.