Known from the Caribbean and other regions, this sponge can form thick encrustations or creeping branches.
It forms thick encrustations or irregular creeping branches.
In this study, branched specimens came from deeper water with muddy sand, while encrusting specimens came from reefs at depths of 1–26 m.
On 17 September 1963, a specimen was also collected from a Rhizophora mangrove at La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
The surface is mostly smooth, though branched specimens can have patches of small conical projections.
Round to oval openings on the surface lead deep into the body.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.