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".Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2020). World List of Antipatharia. Leiopathes Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-16.
Species Leiopathes acanthophora Opresko, 1998 Leiopathes annosa Wagner and Opresko, 2015Wagner, 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 Leiopathes bullosa Opresko, 1998 Leiopathes expansa Johnson, 1899 Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)Jacob van der Land (2013). "Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 June 2017. Leiopathes grimaldii Roule, 1902 Leiopathes montana Molodtsova, 2011 Leiopathes secunda Opresko, 1998 Leiopathes valdiviae (Pax, 1915)
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