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".

Leiopathes
Leiopathes annosa colony
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
  1. 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
  2. Jacob van der Land (2013). "Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 June 2017.


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