Acoetes bataensis Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Acoetes bicolor (Grube, 1877) (redescription)
Acoetes congoensis Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Acoetes flagelliformis (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) (new combination reference)
Acoetes grubei (Kinberg, 1856) (new combination reference)
Acoetes jogasimae (Izuka, 1912) (new combination reference)
Acoetes lupina Stimpson, 1856 accepted as Polyodontes lupinus (Stimpson, 1856) (additional source)
Acoetes magnifica Treadwell, 1929 (basis of record)
Acoetes melanonota (Grube, 1876) (new combination reference)
Acoetes mohammadi Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Acoetes mortenseni (Monro, 1928) (new combination reference)
Acoetes pacifica (Treadwell, 1914) (new combination reference)
Acoetes pleei Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (redescription)
Acoetes southcarolinensis Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856 (taxonomy source)
Euarche maculosa (Treadwell, 1931) (basis of record)
Euarche mexicana Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Euarche rudipalpa (Amaral & Nonato, 1984) (additional source)
Euarche tubifex Ehlers, 1887 (additional source)
Eupanthalis aena (Moore, 1903) (new combination reference)
Eupanthalis elongata (Treadwell, 1931) (new combination reference)
Eupanthalis evanida Treadwell, 1926 accepted as Panthalis mutilata (Treadwell, 1906) (source of synonymy)
Eupanthalis oculata Hartman, 1944 accepted as Zachsiella nigromaculata (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Eupanthalis perlae Fauchald, 1977 accepted as Euarche tubifex Ehlers, 1887 (source of synonymy)
Eupanthalis rudipalpa Amaral & Nonato, 1984 accepted as Euarche rudipalpa (Amaral & Nonato, 1984) (source of synonymy)
Eupolyodontes Buchanan, 1894 (additional source)
Eupolyodontes amboinensis Malaquin & Dehorne, 1907 (redescription)
Eupolyodontes batabanoensis Ibarzábal, 1988 (redescription)
Eupolyodontes cornishii Buchanan, 1894 accepted as Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) (redescription)
Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) (additional source)
Eupolyodontes hartmanae Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Eupolyodontes mitsukurii (Izuka, 1904) accepted as Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) (additional source)
Eupolyodontes thomassini Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Eupompe Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Acoetes Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832 (source of synonymy)
Eupompe aurorea Grube, 1876 (status source)
Eupompe grubei Kinberg, 1856 accepted as Acoetes grubei (Kinberg, 1856) (source of synonymy)
Iphionella elongata Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Eupanthalis elongata (Treadwell, 1931) (status source)
Macellicephala maculosa Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Euarche maculosa (Treadwell, 1931) (source of synonymy)
Neopanthalis Strelzov, 1968 (additional source)
Neopanthalis pelamida Strelzov, 1968 (additional source)
Panthalis adumbrata Hoagland, 1920 accepted as Polyodontes atromarginatus Horst, 1917 (source of synonymy)
Panthalis alaminosae Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Panthalis bicolor Grube, 1877 accepted as Acoetes bicolor (Grube, 1877) (new combination reference)
Panthalis fauveli Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Panthalis helleri Holly, 1934 accepted as Polyodontes atromarginatus Horst, 1917 (source of synonymy)
Panthalis marginata Hartman, 1939 accepted as Acoetes grubei (Kinberg, 1856) (source of synonymy)
Panthalis mitsukurii Izuka, 1904 accepted as Eupolyodontes mitsukurii (Izuka, 1904) accepted as Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) (source of synonymy)
Panthalis mutilata (Treadwell, 1906) (redescription)
Panthalis nigromaculata Grube, 1878 accepted as Zachsiella nigromaculata (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)
Panthalis novaezealandiae Knox, 1960 (redescription)
Panthalis pacifica Treadwell, 1914 accepted as Acoetes pacifica (Treadwell, 1914) (source of synonymy)
Panthalis pustulata Treadwell, 1924 (basis of record)
Panthalis zanzibarensis Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Polynoe mutilata Treadwell, 1906 accepted as Panthalis mutilata (Treadwell, 1906) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes atromarginatus Horst, 1917 (basis of record)
Polyodontes californicus Treadwell, 1941 accepted as Polyodontes lupinus (Stimpson, 1856) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes flagelliformis Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Acoetes flagelliformis (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes frankenbergi Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Polyodontes gracilis Pflugfelder, 1932 accepted as Acoetes melanonota (Grube, 1876) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes gulo Grube, 1855 accepted as Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes jolli Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Polyodontes lupinus (Stimpson, 1856) (redescription)
Polyodontes melanonotus (Grube, 1876) accepted as Acoetes melanonota (Grube, 1876) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes mortenseni Monro, 1928 accepted as Acoetes mortenseni (Monro, 1928) (source of synonymy)
Polyodontes sibogae Horst, 1917 (basis of record)
Polyodontes texanus Pettibone, 1989 (original description)
Polyodontidae Augener, 1918 accepted as Acoetidae Kinberg, 1856 (source of synonymy)
Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958 accepted as Sthenelanella Moore, 1910 (status source)
Restio Moore, 1903 accepted as Eupanthalis McIntosh, 1876 (source of synonymy)
Restio aenus Moore, 1903 accepted as Eupanthalis aena (Moore, 1903) (source of synonymy)
Zachsiella nigromaculata (Grube, 1878) (basis of record)
Zachsiella striata Buzhinskaja, 1982 accepted as Zachsiella nigromaculata (Grube, 1878) (source of synonymy)

 Classification

 for Pseudeupanthalis Fauvel, 1958

Created by Fauvel in Acoetinae as a subfamily of Aphroditidae, but Fauchald 1977:66 and Pettibone 1989:5-7 treated ... [details]

 Grammatical gender

 for Polyodontes Blainville, 1828

Polyodontes is masculine (fide Pettibone, 1989) [details]

 Homonymy

 for Polyodontidae Augener, 1918

Polyodontidae was in widespread use (eg Hartman catalogue) until Pettibone (1989) determined that "Acoetidae ... [details]

 Type material

 for Panthalis bicolor Grube, 1877

In Pettibone's (1989) revision of Acoetidae she says there were six syntypes in the Berlin Museum. However, Grube ... [details]