• Pleurococcus G. Meneghini, 1837
• Pleurococcus angulosus (Corda) Meneghini
• Pleurococcus beigelii Küchenm. & Rabenh., 1867 accepted as Trichosporon beigelii (Küchenm. & Rabenh.) Vuill., 1902
• Pleurococcus beijerinckii Artari, 1892 accepted as Chlorella vulgaris M. Beyerinck [Beijerinck], 1890
• Pleurococcus bradypodis J. Kühn, 1864
• Pleurococcus calcarius J.B. Petersen, 1915 accepted as Prasiococcus calcarius (J.B. Petersen) Vischer, 1953
• Pleurococcus choloepodis J. Kühn accepted as Chlorococcum choloepodis (J. Kühn) D.E. Wujek & P. Timpano
• Pleurococcus cohaerens Brébisson, 1846 accepted as Chroococcus cohaerens (Brébisson) Nägeli, 1849
• Pleurococcus conductrix (K. Brandt) Artari, 1892 accepted as Micractinium conductrix (K. Brandt) Pröschold & Darienko
• Pleurococcus crenulatus Hansgirg, 1986
• Pleurococcus lobatus Chodat, 1902 accepted as Apatococcus lobatus (Chodat) J.B. Petersen, 1928
• Pleurococcus magma (Brébisson) Meneghini, 1843 accepted as Gloeocapsopsis magma (Brébisson) J. Komárek & K. Anagnostidis, 1986
• Pleurococcus magnum Meneghini
• Pleurococcus membraninus Meneghini, 1842 accepted as Chroococcus membraninus (Meneghini) Nägeli, 1849
• Pleurococcus miniatus (Kützing) Nägeli, 1849 accepted as
• Pleurococcus minor (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1863 accepted as Chroococcus minor (Kützing) Nägeli, 1849
• Pleurococcus mucosus Rabenhorst
• Pleurococcus murorum Meneghini
• Pleurococcus naegelii Chodat, 1902 accepted as Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R. Laundon, 1985
• Pleurococcus nimbatus De Wildeman accepted as Radiococcus nimbatus (De Wildeman) Schmidle, 1902
• Pleurococcus pulvereus H.C. Wood, 1873 accepted as Microcystis pulverea (Wood) Forti, 1907
• Pleurococcus roseo-persicinus (Kützing, 1849) Rabenhorst, 1868 accepted as Lamprocystis roseopersicina (Kützing 1849) Schröter, 1886
• Pleurococcus rufescens Brébisson
• Pleurococcus sulphurarius Galdieri, 1899 accepted as Galdieria sulphuraria (Galdieri) Merola, 1982
• Pleurococcus superbus Cienkowski, 1865 accepted as Asterococcus superbus (Cienkowski) Scherffel, 1908
• Pleurococcus thermalis Meneghini, 1837 accepted as Chroococcus thermalis (Meneghini) Nägeli, 1849
• Pleurococcus vulgaris Meneghini
• Pleurococcus vulgaris Nägeli accepted as Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R. Laundon, 1985