• Acanthocephaloides chabanaudi Dollfus, 1951 accepted as Paracanthocephaloides chabanaudi (Dollfus, 1951) Golvan, 1969
• Acanthocephaloides claviformis Araki & Machida, 1987
• Acanthocephaloides cyrusi Bray, Spencer-Jones & Lewis, 1988
• Acanthocephaloides delamuri (Parukhin, 1989) Amin, 2013
• Acanthocephaloides distinctus Golvan, 1969
• Acanthocephaloides geneticus Buron, Renaud & Euzet, 1985
• Acanthocephaloides ichiharai Araki & Machida, 1987
• Acanthocephaloides incrassatus (Molin, 1858) Meyer, 1932 accepted as Paracanthocephaloides incrassatus (Molin, 1858) Bray, Spencer Jones & Lewis, 1988
• Acanthocephaloides irregularis Amin, Oğuz, Heckman, Tepe & Kvach, 2011
• Acanthocephaloides japonicus (Fukui & Morisita, 1936) Yamaguti, 1939 accepted as Acanthocephalus japonicus (Fukui & Morisita, 1936) Petrochencko, 1956
• Acanthocephaloides kostylewi Meyer, 1932 accepted as Solearhynchus rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) Belofastova, 2006
• Acanthocephaloides neobythitis Yamaguti, 1939
• Acanthocephaloides nicoli (Kumar, 1992) Amin, 2013
• Acanthocephaloides plagiusae Santana-Pineros, Cruz-Quintana, Centeno-Chale & Vidal-Martinez, 2013
• Acanthocephaloides propinquus (Dujardin, 1845) Meyer, 1933 accepted as Solearhynchus rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) Belofastova, 2006
• Acanthocephaloides rhinoplagusiae Yamaguti, 1935
• Acanthocephaloides rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) Belofastova & Korniychuc, 2000 accepted as Solearhynchus rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) Belofastova, 2006
• Acanthocephaloides soleae (Porta, 1905) Meyer, 1932 in Petrotschenko, 1956 accepted as Solearhynchus soleae (Porta, 1905) de Buron & Maillard, 1985 accepted as Solearhynchus rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) Belofastova, 2006
• Acanthocephaloides spinicaudatus (Cable & Quick, 1954) Pichelin & Cribb, 1999
• Acanthocephalorhynchoides cholodkowskyi (Kostylew, 1928) Williams, Gibson & Sadighian, 1980 accepted as Pallisentis (Pallisentis) cholodkowskyi (Kostylew, 1928) Amin, 1985
• Acanthocephalorhynchoides intermedius (Achmerov & Dombrowskaya-Achmerova, 1941) Petrochenko, 1956 accepted as Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) intermedius (Achmerov & Dombrowskaya-Achmerova, 1941) Amin, 1985 accepted as Pallisentis (Pallisentis) ussuriensis (Kostylew, 1941) Golvan, 1959
• Acanthocephalorhynchoides ussuriensis Kostylew, 1941 accepted as Pallisentis (Pallisentis) ussuriensis (Kostylew, 1941) Golvan, 1959
• Acanthocephalus acerbus Van Cleave, 1931 accepted as Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
• Acanthocephalus aculeatus Van Cleave, 1931 accepted as Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
• Acanthocephalus acutispinis Machado Filho, 1968
• Acanthocephalus acutulus Van Cleave, 1931
• Acanthocephalus aenigma Reichensperger, 1922 (uncertain)
• Acanthocephalus alabamensis Amin & Williams, 1983
• Acanthocephalus amini Salgado-Maldonado & Novelo-Turcotte, 2009 accepted as Calakmulrhynchus amini (Salgado-Maldonado & Novelo-Turcotte, 2009) García-Varela & Andrade-Gómez, 2020
• Acanthocephalus amurensis Kostylew, 1941 accepted as Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov & Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941) Yamaguti, 1963
• Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus anguillae Belous, 1952 accepted as Paracanthocephalus curtus Achmerov & Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941 accepted as Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov & Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941) Yamaguti, 1963
• Acanthocephalus anguillae balkanicus Amin, Heckmann, Fišer, Zakšek, Herlyn & Kostanjšek, 2019 accepted as Acanthocephalus anguillae balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974
• Acanthocephalus anguillae balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974
• Acanthocephalus anthuris (Dujardin, 1845) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus artatus Van Cleave, 1925
• Acanthocephalus balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974 accepted as Acanthocephalus anguillae balkanicus Batchvarov & Combes, 1974
• Acanthocephalus bigueti Houin, Golvan & Brygoo, 1965 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus bigueti (Houin, Golvan & Brygoo, 1965) Golvan, 1969
• Acanthocephalus breviprostatus Kennedy, 1982 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) Petrochenko, 1956
• Acanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) Southwell & Macfie, 1925 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) Petrochenko, 1956
• Acanthocephalus bufonocola Kostylew, 1941 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonicola (Kostylew, 1941) Petrotschenko, 1958
• Acanthocephalus caspanensis Fernández & Ibarra Vidal, 1992 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus caspanensis (Fernández & Ibarra Vidal, 1992) Arredondo & Gil de Pertierra, 2009
• Acanthocephalus caucasicus Petrochenko, 1953 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus caucasicus (Petrochenko, 1953) Petrochenko, 1958
• Acanthocephalus clavula (Dujardin, 1845) Grabda-Kazubska & Chubb, 1968
• Acanthocephalus correalimai Machado Filho, 1970
• Acanthocephalus criniae Snow, 1970
• Acanthocephalus curtus (Achmerov & Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941) Yamaguti, 1963
• Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931) Van Cleave & Townsend, 1936
• Acanthocephalus domerguei Golvan, Brygoo & Gassmann, 1972
• Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
• Acanthocephalus elongatus Van Cleave, 1937 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus elongatus (Van Cleave, 1937) Petrochenko, 1958
• Acanthocephalus etowani Williams, 1974 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
• Acanthocephalus falcatus (Frölich, 1789) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus fluviatilis Paperna, 1964
• Acanthocephalus galaxii Hine, 1978
• Acanthocephalus goaensis Jain & Gupta, 1981
• Acanthocephalus gotoi Van Cleave, 1925
• Acanthocephalus gracilacanthus Meyer, 1932
• Acanthocephalus halongensis Amin & Ha, 2011
• Acanthocephalus haranti Golvan & Oliver in Golvan, 1969
• Acanthocephalus hastae Baylis, 1944
• Acanthocephalus incrassatus (Molin, 1858) Kostylew, 1916 accepted as Acanthocephaloides incrassatus (Molin, 1858) Meyer, 1932 accepted as Paracanthocephaloides incrassatus (Molin, 1858) Bray, Spencer Jones & Lewis, 1988
• Acanthocephalus jacksoni Bullock, 1962 accepted as Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931) Van Cleave & Townsend, 1936
• Acanthocephalus japonicus (Fukui & Morisita, 1936) Petrochencko, 1956
• Acanthocephalus kabulensis Datta & Soota, 1954
• Acanthocephalus kashmirensis Datta, 1936
• Acanthocephalus lateralis (Leidy, 1851) Petrotschenko, 1956 accepted as Echinorhynchus lateralis Leidy, 1851
• Acanthocephalus lavareti (Rudolphi, 1809) Diesing, 1851 accepted as Echinorhynchus proteus Westrumb, 1821 accepted as Pomphorhynchus proteus (Westrumb, 1821) Porta, 1905 accepted as Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) Porta, 1908
• Acanthocephalus lavareti Koelreuther, 1771 accepted as Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus leithii Bilqees, Muti-ur-Rahman & Khan, 2004
• Acanthocephalus lizus Li, 1984
• Acanthocephalus loktakensis Shomorendra, Ranibala & Jha, 2009
• Acanthocephalus longiacanthus Katahira & Nagasawa, 2014
• Acanthocephalus lucidus Van Cleave, 1925
• Acanthocephalus lucii (Müller, 1776) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus lutzi (Hamann, 1891) Meyer, 1932 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus lutzi (Hamann, 1891) Arredondo & Gil de Pertierra, 2009
• Acanthocephalus madagascariensis Golvan, 1965
• Acanthocephalus manipurensis Bhattacharya, 2007
• Acanthocephalus minor Yamaguti, 1935
• Acanthocephalus nanus Van Cleave, 1925
• Acanthocephalus nickoli Khan & Bilqees, 1994
• Acanthocephalus oncorhynchi Fujita, 1921 accepted as Acanthocephalus echigoensis Fujita, 1920
• Acanthocephalus opsariichthydis Yamaguti, 1935
• Acanthocephalus parallelcementglandatus Amin, Heckmann & Ha, 2014
• Acanthocephalus parallelotestis Achmerov & Dombrovskaja-Achmerova, 1941
• Acanthocephalus parksidei Amin, 1975 accepted as Acanthocephalus dirus (Van Cleave, 1931) Van Cleave & Townsend, 1936
• Acanthocephalus paronai (Condorelli, 1897) Meyer, 1932 accepted as Acanthocephalus anguillae (Müller, 1780) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus pesteri Tadros, 1966
• Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788) Lühe, 1911
• Acanthocephalus rauschi (Schmidt, 1969) Amin, 1985
• Acanthocephalus rauschi Golvan, 1969 accepted as Acanthocephalus rauschi (Schmidt, 1969) Amin, 1985
• Acanthocephalus reunionensis Smales, Sasal & Taraschewski, 2007
• Acanthocephalus rhinensis Amin, Thielen, Münderl, Taraschewski & Sures, 2008
• Acanthocephalus saopaulensis Smales, 2007 accepted as Pseudoacanthocephalus lutzi (Hamann, 1891) Arredondo & Gil de Pertierra, 2009
• Acanthocephalus saurius Bursey & Goldberg, 2003
• Acanthocephalus serendibensis Cruz & Mills, 1970
• Acanthocephalus sichuanensis Wang & Zhang, 1987
• Acanthocephalus sinensis Van Cleave, 1937
• Acanthocephalus srilankensis Crusz & Ching, 1975
• Acanthocephalus tahlequahensis Oetinger & Buckner, 1976