FIGURE 5. SEM micrographs of Scolelepis (Scolelepis) capensis (McIntosh, 1924) specimens: A. Anterior end, dorsal view; palps removed. B. Anterior end, lateral view. C. Middle section of left palp showing transverse rows of cilia and mucussecreting cells, frontal-lateral view, the distal end towards the left. D. Close-up view of long transverse rows of cilia on palp showing arrangement of cilia and mucus secreting cells, distal end facing left. E. Chaetigers 17–19, lateral view. F. Chaetiger 101, neuropodial hooded hooks, lateral view. G. Pygidium, dorsal view. Abbreviations: br, branchiae; bs, basal sheath of palp; c, short non-motile cilia on palp; c1, chaetiger 1; ca, caruncle; inf, inferior lobe; lo, lateral ciliated organ; mc, mucus-secreting cells; ms, median suture; nel, neuropodial lamella; neh, neuropodial hooded hooks; nol, notopodial lamella; nu, nuchal organ; pe, peristomium; pr, prostomium; ps, palp scar; sn, snout; sup, superior lobe. Micrographs are of specimens from Muizenberg. Scale bars: A–B, 200 μm; C, 10 μm; D, 4 μm; E, 50 μm, F, 40 μm; G, 50 μm.

Published as part of Smith, Lee Vernon, Kara, Jyothi & Simon, Carol Anne, 2025, Unravelling a Taxonomic Puzzle: Reinstating the South African Scolelepis capensis as distinct from Scolelepis squamata (Annelida: Spionidae), pp. 401-424 in Zootaxa 5729 (3) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/18018740