Grey with darker brown areas on either side of the base of the secondary gills, which produces a symmetrical and striking color pattern. Also has opaque white spots near the central portion of the notum, velar tentacles with bifid or trifid apices, notum with a complex reticulate pattern of low tubercles. Found in sandy or rubble areas in depths between 5-20 meters. Mimics and feeds on soft corals from the xenia family.