• Acanthocotyle borealis Brinkmann, 1940 accepted as Acanthocotyle verrilli Goto, 1899
• Acanthocotyle elegans Monticelli, 1890
• Acanthocotyle greeni Macdonald & Llewellyn, 1980
• Acanthocotyle lobianchi Monticelli, 1888
• Acanthocotyle monticellii Scott, 1902 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
• Acanthocotyle oligoterus Monticelli, 1899 accepted as Acanthocotyle lobianchi Monticelli, 1888
• Acanthocotyle verrilli Goto, 1899
• Pseudacanthocotyla verrilli (Goto, 1899) Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Acanthocotyle verrilli Goto, 1899