Verrucapelma nigricans is a scale worm, known from intertidal habitats in the South China Sea.

The prostomium is bilobed anteriorly and has a pair of cephalic peaks.

The neuropodial lobe is elongate and tapering and has two or three distinctive wart-like tubercles along the ventral edge.

The notochaetae are about as thick as the neurochaetae and both are ornamented with transverse rows of small spines.

The notochaetae are unidentate with distinctly pointed tips while the neurochaetae are all bidentate.