• Pterocladia americana W.R. Taylor, 1943 accepted as Gelidium americanum (W.R. Taylor) Santelices, 1976
• Pterocladia angolensis Welwitsch mss
• Pterocladia bartlettii W.R. Taylor, 1943 accepted as Pterocladiella bartlettii (W.R. Taylor) Santelices, 1998
• Pterocladia benguellensis Welwitsch
• Pterocladia bulbosa N.H. Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella bulbosa (N.H. Loomis) Santelices, 1997
• Pterocladia caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices, 1976 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia caespitosa (Kylin) R.E. Norris, 1987 accepted as Pterocladiella caespitosa (Kylin) Santelices
• Pterocladia caloglossoides (M.A. Howe) E.Y. Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.A. Howe) Santelices, 1998
• Pterocladia capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Bornet, 1876 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia complanata N.H. Loomis, 1949 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia densa Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia heteroplatos (Børgesen) Umamaheswara Rao & Kaliaperumal, 1982
• Pterocladia kanyakumariensis Sindu & Panikar, 1992
• Pterocladia lindaueri K.C. Fan, 1961 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia lucida (R. Brown ex Turner) J.G. Agardh, 1851
• Pterocladia mcnabbiana E.Y. Dawson, 1957
• Pterocladia media E.Y. Dawson, 1958
• Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Dawson, 1962 accepted as Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia mexicana W.R. Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia musciformis W.R. Taylor, 1945
• Pterocladia nana Okamura, 1931 accepted as Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
• Pterocladia okamurae (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) W.R. Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia parva E.Y. Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.A. Howe) Santelices, 1998
• Pterocladia pectinata (A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp) Lucas, 1931 accepted as Ptilophora pectinata (A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp) R.E. Norris, 1987 accepted as Beckerella pectinata (A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp) K.C. Fan & Papenfuss, 1961
• Pterocladia pinnata (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950
• Pterocladia pyramidale (Gardner) Dawson, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia rectangularis (Lucas) Womersley & Guiry, 1994
• Pterocladia rigida N.H. Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia robusta W.R. Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladia tenuis Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
• Pterocladia tripolitana DeToni & Levi, 1888
• Pterocladia tropica E.Y. Dawson, 1959 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiastrum robustum Akatsuka accepted as Pterocladia lucida (R. Brown ex Turner) J.G. Agardh, 1851
• Pterocladiella bartlettii (W.R. Taylor) Santelices, 1998
• Pterocladiella beachiae Freshwater, 2001 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella bulbosa (N.H. Loomis) Santelices, 1997
• Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella caespitosa (Kylin) Santelices
• Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.A. Howe) Santelices, 1998
• Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella microscopica Lipkin & Papenfuss, 2002 accepted as Pterocladiella minima (Guiry & Womersley) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella minima (Guiry & Womersley) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
• Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
• Pterocladiella psammophila Tronchin & Freshwater, 2007
• Pterocladiella sanctarum (Feldmann & Hamel) Santelices, 2007
• Pterocladiella taylorii (Joly) Santelices, 2007
• Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
• Pterocladiella yinggehaiensis B.M. Xia & C.K. Tseng, 2004
• Teloedema melanoidea Schousboe, 1892