Biology:Leiopathes

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Short description: Genus of corals

Leiopathes
Leiopathes NOAA, Hawái.jpg
Leiopathes annosa colony
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Antipatharia
Family: Leiopathidae
Genus: Leiopathes
Haime, 1849

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".[1]

Species

  • Leiopathes acanthophora Opresko, 1998
  • Leiopathes annosa Wagner and Opresko, 2015[2]
  • Leiopathes bullosa Opresko, 1998
  • Leiopathes expansa Johnson, 1899
  • Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)[3]
  • Leiopathes grimaldii Roule, 1902
  • Leiopathes montana Molodtsova, 2011
  • Leiopathes secunda Opresko, 1998
  • Leiopathes valdiviae (Pax, 1915)

References

  1. Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2020). World List of Antipatharia. Leiopathes Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2020-12-16.
  2. 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
  3. Jacob van der Land (2013). "Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

Wikidata ☰ Q4006649 entry