Opresko, 2001
Genera: Three genera are found in the shallow waters of the Indo-West Pacific:
Genus Myriopathes Myriopathes myriophylla,
Genus Cupressopathes Cupressopathes abies.
Description: Polyps small (0.5-1 mm), with short tentacles (1-2 times the transverse polyp diameter). Tips of tentacles rounded. Spines on axis large and conical, becoming forked and dendritic on the larger branches and stem.