Family Schizopathidae Brook, 1889

Diagnosis. Polyps elongated transversely; 2 mm or more in transverse diameter, with six primary and four secondary mesenteries. Corallum monopodial or branched; stem and branches pinnulate. Pinnules simple or complexly subpinnulate. Spines triangular to conical, often laterally compressed; smooth, simple or rarely with multiple bifurcations at the apex, subequal in size around circumference of axis or larger on one side. (Opresko, 2005)