Leiopathes
Leiopathes is a genus of hexacorallians belonging to the anthozoan clade Antipatharia. It is the only genus in the Leiopathidae family. The genus name means "smooth disease".
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Antipatharia |
| Family: | Leiopathidae |
| Genus: | Leiopathes Haime, 1849 |
Species
- Leiopathes acanthophora Opresko, 1998
- Leiopathes annosa Wagner and Opresko, 2015[1]
- Leiopathes bullosa Opresko, 1998
- Leiopathes expansa Johnson, 1899
- Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)[2]
- Leiopathes grimaldii Roule, 1902
- Leiopathes montana Molodtsova, 2011
- Leiopathes secunda Opresko, 1998
- Leiopathes valdiviae (Pax, 1915)
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References
- Wagner, D.; Opresko, D. M. (2015). Description of a new species of Leiopathes (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa. 3974(2): 277., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.11
- Jacob van der Land (2013). "Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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