[1] This name, however, is no longer accepted, and the World Porifera Database lists this species as Amphimedon compressa – Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864.

[4] The erect rope sponge grows as part of the coral reef community.

[3] It occurs on the crests and sides of the reef growing on rock, and on vertical surfaces, it protrudes sideways.

[4] The erect rope sponge feeds on plankton and tiny organic particles suspended in the water.

[4] Amphimedon compressa is part of a sponge community in a belt at depths between 80 and 240 m (260 and 790 ft) off the Cayman Islands, and often grows out horizontally from rock faces.