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