Scoliorhapis H.L. Clark, 1946

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Key to species of genus Scoliorhapis H.L. Clark, 1946

1. Tentacles 12............................................ Scoliorhapis massini O’Loughlin et VandenSpiegel, 2010

- Tentacles 10...........................................................................................

2. Body wall with two-pointed sigmoids.............................................. Scoliorhapis stepanovi sp. n.

- Body wall typical sigmoids with open-eye on one end and point on the other end................................... 3

3. Sigmoids grouped in papillae................................................. Scoliorhapis theeli ( Heding, 1928)

- Sigmoids scattered in the body wall...................................................................... 4

4. Rods absent in tentacles............................................ Scoliorhapis dianthus Solis-Marin et al., 2014

- Rods present in tentacles............................................................................... 5

5. Sigmoid 70 – 100 µ m (mean ~ 80 µ m) long..... Scoliorhapis lindbergi (Djakonov in Djakonov, Baranova et Saveljeva, 1958)

- Sigmoid 158 – 184 µ m long................................ Scoliorhapis biopearli O’Loughlin et VandenSpiegel, 2010