These were formed from sedimentary rocks of sandstone, limestone, and shale in uplifted seabeds. It favours sandy, muddy or shelly seabeds in sheltered locations such as lagoons. Analysing the impact of bottom trawls on sedimentary seabeds with sediment profile imagery. They are widespread on shallow seabeds that consist of heterogeneous-grained sediments. Its depth range is and it is usually found on coral reefs or rubble seabeds. It is usually found in seagrass meadows and over sandy and muddy seabeds. It is found on sandy seabeds from the littoral zone down to about . It is found on rocky bottoms and occasionally sandy seabeds. It lives on sand and mud seabeds and it can tolerate brackish water conditions. The species is found at sheltered rocky seabeds. The body is red or sandy yellow and well camouflaged on sandy and coral seabeds. They occur on sand, mud and gravel seabeds at depths down to about . They commonly inhabit sandy seabeds close to 150m in depth. The activities of burrowing animals and fish have a dramatic churning effect on muddy seabeds. The ranges consist of stacks of ancient seabeds with layers of dolomite contained throughout them.