Habitat: Common species on reef and seagrass environments. Wide depth range (2-30 m). Large specimens on areas exposed to high currents. Distribution: Caribbean wide. Depth: 2-30 m Characteristics: Thin to thick encrusting (0.2-5 cm in thickness), or massive lobate. Smooth, velvety surface with oscules (0.2-3 cm in diameter) bearing cream colored membranes that are either flushed to the surface or elevated few mm from it. Firm and rubbery. Notes: Synonyms: Anthosigmella varians (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Papillina arcuata Topsent, 1889 Suberites coronarius Carter, 1882 Suberites tuberculosus Schmidt, 1870 Thalysias varians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864