• Acanthodoris citrina A. E. Verrill, 1879 accepted as Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris ornata A. E. Verrill, 1879 accepted as Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Acanthodoris pallida Bergh, 1905
• Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Acanthodoris pilosa var. albescens Bergh, 1880 accepted as Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Acanthodoris pilosa var. novaezealandiae Bergh, 1905 accepted as Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris pilosa var. pallida Bergh, 1905 accepted as Acanthodoris pallida Bergh, 1905
• Acanthodoris pilosa var. purpurea Bergh, 1880 accepted as Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Acanthodoris subquadrata (Alder & Hancock, 1845) accepted as Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)