[2] The dorsal surface is bright red-orange with small white tube feet evenly spread about.

The lower surface or foot is pinkish and has rows of white tube feet.

[4] Lissothuria nutriens can be found clinging to or moving across a rocky substrate or in sandy areas between alga holdfasts from the low intertidal to 20 meters deep.

[3] Lissothuria nutriens broods a small number of large eggs by moving them to pits on its dorsal surface.

[1]: 947  As a member of the order Dendrochirotida, the eggs have sufficient energy to enable the larvae to complete their development without needing to be fed.