Habitat: Inhabit a wide range of shallower, inshore environments, from back reef areas to patch reef. Distribution: Florida, Caribbean. Natural History Notes: The sclerites of the species have been demonstrated to deter predation by fish. Depth: 3 - 40 ft. Characteristics: From Reef Coral Identification (Humann 1993): "Small, bushy and highly branched colonies. Branches quite flat and narrow with polyps extending from swollen, slit-like apertures along the thin edges. Branches bright yellow to green to olive with purple edges, occasoinally all purple; polyps white to cream. Colony height: 4 - 12 in. Branch width: 0.25 in."