• Acanthopharyngoides tyrrhenicus Wieser, 1954
• Acanthopharynx affinis Marion, 1870
• Acanthopharynx micans (Eberth, 1863) Marion, 1870
• Acanthopharynx micramphis Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
• Acanthopharynx perarmata Marion, 1870
• Acanthopharynx rigida Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
• Acanthopharynx setosissima Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1943 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
• Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920
• Croconema longiseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
• Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954
• Croconema sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora (Croconema) sphaericum (Kreis, 1928) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 accepted as Croconema sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora (Desmodorella) cephalata Cobb, 1933 accepted as Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1933) accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora angusticollis Daday, 1901
• Desmodora bullata Steiner, 1916 accepted as Desmodorella bullata (Steiner, 1916) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
• Desmodora cephalata (Cobb, 1933) accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora cincta (Cobb, 1920) accepted as Croconema cinctum Cobb, 1920
• Desmodora communis (Bütschli, 1874) De Man, 1889
• Desmodora conica Vitiello, 1971
• Desmodora coniseta (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) (unaccepted)
• Desmodora ditlevseni Micoletzky, 1922 accepted as Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) accepted as Desmodorella hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodora inflexa Wieser, 1954
• Desmodora intermedia Allgén, 1940
• Desmodora longiseta (Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950) accepted as Croconema longiseta Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1950
• Desmodora mediterranea (Wieser, 1954) accepted as Croconema mediterraneum Wieser, 1954
• Desmodora microchaeta Allgén, 1929
• Desmodora microchaetoides Allgén, 1933
• Desmodora nybelini Allgén, 1954
• Desmodora papillata Daday, 1901
• Desmodora polychaeta Allgén, 1929
• Desmodora pontica Filipjev, 1922
• Desmodora porifera (Wieser, 1951) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora poseidoni Steiner, 1916
• Desmodora roscoffiensis Luc & De Coninck, 1959
• Desmodora sanguinea Southern, 1914 accepted as Desmodorella sanguinea (Southern, 1914) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodora scaldensis de Man, 1889
• Desmodora schulzi Gerlach, 1950 accepted as Desmodorella schulzi (Gerlach, 1950) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodora septentrionalis Kreis, 1963
• Desmodora sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) accepted as Desmodora (Croconema) sphaericum (Kreis, 1928) Luc & De Coninck, 1959 accepted as Croconema sphaerica (Kreis, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora tenuicauda Allgén, 1932
• Desmodora tenuidentata Kreis, 1963
• Desmodora tenuispiculum Allgén, 1928 accepted as Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Desmodora varioannulata (Kreis, 1928) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998
• Desmodorella bullata (Steiner, 1916) Verschelde, Gourbault & Vincx, 1998 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
• Desmodorella hirsuta (Chitwood, 1936) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodorella sanguinea (Southern, 1914) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodorella schulzi (Gerlach, 1950) Verschelde et al., 1998
• Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgén, 1928) Gerlach, 1963
• Metadesmodora amphidiscata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1942
• Pseudodesmodora amphidiscata Boucher, 1975
• Zalonema ditlevseni (Micoletzky, 1922) Gerlach, 1963