Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895:190 - Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); Cockerell, 1910Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees.-XXIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (5):22-29. (distribution); Cockerell, 1941Cockerell, T.D.A. 1941. Observations on plants and insects in northwestern Baja California, Mexico, with descriptions of new bees. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9 (31):337-352. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Ceratina submaritima Cockerell, 1897:352 Synonymized with Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895 by Smith, 1907Smith, H.S. 1907. Contributions toward a monograph of the Ceratinidae of North and Middle America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 33 (2/3):115-124.:121. - Cockerell & Porter, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. & W. Porter 1899. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - VII Observations on bees, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7 (4):403-421. (distribution); Viereck, 1905Viereck, H.L. 1905. Synopsis of bees of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Vancouver.—IV. The Canadian Entomologist 37:277-287. (distribution); Cockerell, 1928Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Some bees from Utah. Psyche 35 (4):232-234. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2182 ( listed as synonym of Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895).
Ceratina submaritima Ehrhorni Cockerell, 1903:453, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Alum Rock Park, San José, California, May 3, 1902 (leg. E.M. Ehrhorn). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2182 ( listed as synonym of Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895).