• Arete Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis Kinberg, 1865
• Arete Stimpson, 1860
• Arete acanthocarpus (Miya & Miyake, 1968)
• Arete amboinensis De Man, 1910
• Arete borradailei Coutière, 1903 accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)
• Arete borradailei Coutière, 1905 accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)
• Arete capensis Kinberg, 1865 accepted as Perinereis capensis (Kinberg, 1865)
• Arete Diolectiana Heller, 1862 accepted as Athanas nitescens (Leach, 1814)
• Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
• Arete dorsalis var. indicus Coutière, 1903 accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
• Arete dorsalis var. pacificus Coutière, 1903 accepted as Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
• Arete ghardaqensis Ramadan, 1936 accepted as Rugathanas borradailei (Coutière, 1903)
• Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
• Arete indicus Coutière, 1905 accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
• Arete intermedius Yu, 1931 accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
• Arete iphianassa De Man, 1910 accepted as Arete indicus Coutière, 1903
• Arete maruteensis Coutière, 1905 accepted as Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
• Arete maruteensis var. salibabuensis De Man, 1910 accepted as Arete dorsalis Stimpson, 1860
• Arete tenuisetis (Fauvel, 1915) accepted as Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915
• Perinereis (Arete)
• Perinereis (Arete) tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915 accepted as Perinereis tenuisetis Fauvel, 1915