Size

Colony height: reaching 30-45cm (12-18")

Recognition Characters

Irregular fan-shaped colonies with regular pinnate branching in a single plain. Branches are stiff and may be somewhat enlarged at the tips. Hard, rough prickly calcyes, without terminal spikes, are openly spaced and protrude noticeably.

Color

Branches are brownish orange to orange or red. Polyps are translucent white.

Habitat & Depth

Attach to areas of hard bottom mixed with sand to 30m.

Distribution at GRNMS

Occasional.

Geographic Range

Unknown

Behavior & Notes

Synonyms

References

Humann 1992b