Leiopathes

Leiopathes
Leiopathes annosa colony
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
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".