This sponge is known from the Caribbean and northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
In the observed specimens, the body is a thick crust.
Around Flower Garden Banks, it is documented on coralline algae reefs and among algal nodules.
In the observed specimens, the living colour is orange, dark orange, brown-orange or yellowish.
In the observed specimens, the surface has elongated plates separated by meandering ridges and grooves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.