I know this was something of a joke from 1e, but how many monsters are the Aboleth responsible for?
We know that they created the skum and the faceless stalkers, since they're all in the same family. They also created, then mostly abandoned, the mimics and cloakers. I can't remember the exact lore, but it's certainly suggested they had something to do with chuuls and their artic brethern the umolee.
But getting more broad with it- the Aboleth obviously called down the starstone and caused Earthfall. This basically created the morlocks from stranded humans, and the drow who stayed behind (although they are not so around anymore). But Earthfall also woke up the dwarves, who pushed out the orcs and brought them into conflict with the surface world.
Aboleth like vast, reality spanning conspiracies... how many monsters can you trace back to them?
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Don't forget the alghollthu also created merfolk aka sapiaquali-oths. You've already listed more or less all the others I directly remember--ulat-kini, the ugothol, multispothol (skum, faceless, and mimics).
If we're including creatures indirectly created by alghollthu actions, probably the caligni, too, since those are another of the many different kinds of Azlanti survivors escaping Earthfall.
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I don't know if it was literally a step in making him divine, but Earthfall is a pretty important part of Aroden's legacy. Either way, the Starstone and Aroden were big influences in the rise of The Whispering Tyrant, and his army of undead.
The Age of Darkness also allowed Zon-Kuthon to do some sinister shenanigans, right?
They also created the art of fleshwarping, right? I'm not sure if this is meant to be the same information the Drow/Serpentfolk rediscovered.
You could also say they were responsible for any monsters who's origins are Azlanti or Thassilion, right?