1. Species Pterocladia heteroplatos (Børgesen) Umamaheswara Rao & Kaliaperumal, 1982
2. Species Pterocladia kanyakumariensis P.Sindhu & M.V.N.Panikkar, 1995
3. Species Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh, 1851
4. Species Pterocladia sonorensis (E.Y.Dawson) J.G.Stewart & J.N.Norris, 2014
5. Species Pterocladia americana W.R.Taylor, 1943 accepted as Gelidium americanum (W.R.Taylor) Santelices, 1976
6. Species Pterocladia bartlettii W.R.Taylor, 1943 accepted as Pterocladiella bartlettii (W.R.Taylor) Santelices, 1998
7. Species Pterocladia bulbosa N.H.Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella bulbosa (N.H.Loomis) Santelices, 1997
8. Species Pterocladia caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices, 1976 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
9. Species Pterocladia caespitosa (Kylin) R.E.Norris, 1987 accepted as Pterocladiella caespitosa (Kylin) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
10. Species Pterocladia caloglossoides (M.A.Howe) E.Y.Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.Howe) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
11. Species Pterocladia capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Bornet, 1876 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
12. Species Pterocladia complanata N.H.Loomis, 1949 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
13. Species Pterocladia densa Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
14. Species Pterocladia lindaueri K.C.Fan, 1961 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
15. Species Pterocladia mcnabbiana E.Y.Dawson, 1957 accepted as Gelidium mcnabbianum (E.Y.Dawson) B.Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
16. Species Pterocladia media E.Y.Dawson, 1958 accepted as Pterocladiella media (E.Y.Dawson) G.H.Boo & K.A.Miller, 2016
17. Species Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson, 1962 accepted as Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
18. Species Pterocladia mexicana W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
19. Species Pterocladia musciformis W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella musciformis (W.R.Taylor) G.H.Boo & K.A.Miller, 2016
20. Species Pterocladia nana Okamura, 1931 accepted as Pterocladiella nana (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000 (synonym)
21. Species Pterocladia okamurae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
22. Species Pterocladia parva E.Y.Dawson, 1953 accepted as Pterocladiella caloglossoides (M.Howe) Santelices, 1998 (synonym)
23. Species Pterocladia pectinata (A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp) A.H.S.Lucas, 1931 accepted as Ptilophora pectinata (A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp) R.E.Norris, 1987
24. Species Pterocladia pinnata (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 (synonym)
25. Species Pterocladia pyramidalis (N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
26. Species Pterocladia rectangularis (Lucas) Womersley & Guiry, 1994 accepted as Orthogonacladia rectangularis (A.H.S.Lucas) G.H.Boo & T.Wernberg, 2016
27. Species Pterocladia rigida N.H.Loomis, 1960 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
28. Species Pterocladia robusta W.R.Taylor, 1945 accepted as Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
29. Species Pterocladia tenuis Okamura, 1934 accepted as Pterocladiella tenuis (Okamura) Shimada, Horiguchi & Masuda, 2000
30. Species Pterocladia tropica E.Y.Dawson, 1959 accepted as Pterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
31. Species Pterocladia angolensis Welwitsch, 1995 (uncertain)
32. Species Pterocladia benguellensis Welwitsch, 1995 (uncertain)
33. Species Pterocladia tripolitana De Toni & Levi, 1888 (uncertain)

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