Type species. Anchistrocheles aculeata Müller, 1908 (original designation).
Species included (listed by original binomen). Bairdoppilata microguttata Whatley et al., 1998 b n. comb.; Anchistrocheles? sp. aff. A.? aculeata of Maddocks (1969); Anchistrocheles sp. A of Cronin (1983); Anchistrocheles? cf. A.? aculeata of Mazzini (2005).