Scoletoma de Blainville, 1828, emended Frame, 1992

Type species. Lumbricus fragilis Müller, 1776

Diagnosis. Prostomium without antennae, without eyes; notopodia slightly developed; without branchiae; simple multidentate hooded hooks present; pygidium with anal cirri; maxillary apparatus with five pairs of maxillae, carriers as long as MI, joined to entire base of MI; MI forceps-like without internal accessory teeth, with attachment lamella; MII as long as MI, with ligament, wide attachment lamella along 2/3 of posterior lateral edge; wide connecting plates poorly sclerotized; MIII completely pigmented, wide attachment lamella along entire lateral edge; MIV completely pigmented, wide attachment lamella; MV free, reduced to attachment lamella, lateral to MIV and MIII. Mandible fused up to 3/ 4 of its length.