Balanopsammia is a monotypic genus of corals in the family of tree-leaved corals, Dendrophylliidae.

[1] It is represented by a single species, Balanopsammia wirtzi, which occurs in Atlantic waters around the Cape Verde islands of Santiago and Sal.

[2] Both the genus and the species were first named and described in 2013 by Ocaña & Brito.

The genus name refers to the long confusion in the identification of the species as a Balanophyllia.

The species name wirtzi refers to Peter Wirtz who collected several marine species in the East Atlantic.