Found abundant in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific region, including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.

It was studied by Bernard in 1896 and he rated it as a least concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Immersed in them are small corallites and its colour is commonly cream or pale brown.

[1] Actual population of the species is unknown but are considered to be decreasing, this is likely due to the rapid global reduction of coral reefs, the increase of temperature causing coral bleaching, climate change, human activity, parasites and diseases.

It is an uncommon species, but the areas in which it is found in northern Australia have been less affected by the damage to the reefs compared to other regions.