TYPE SPECIES. — Bathypathes scoparia Totton, 1923 (by original designation: Opresko 2002: 425), type locality: 7 miles E of North Cape (New Zealand), 127 m.
DIAGNOSIS. — Corallum monopodial, pinnulate and subpinnulate. Primary pinnules arranged in four rows and also in alternating groups of two each. Subpinnules arranged uniserially on anterior (polyp) side of lower order pinnules. Spines triangular compressed, smooth, acute. Polyps 2.8-3.4 mm in transverse diameter.