H. A. Lessios and K.S. Zigler. 2012. Rates of sea urchin bindin evolution. Pp. 136-141 in R.S. Singh, J. Xu, and R.J. Kulathinal. Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems. Oxford Univ. Press., Oxford.

Lessios, H. A. and Robertson, D.R. 2013. Speciation on a round planet: Phylogeography of the goatfish genus Mulloidichthys. Journal of Biogeography, pp. 1-12

Lessios, Harilaos A.; Lasker, Howard R.; Levitan, Don R.. 2013. The Use of scuba to study early life histories of marine invertebrates. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 39: 87-99.

B.W. Bowen, K. Shanker, N. Yasuda, M.C.D Malay, S. von der Heyden, G. Paulay, L.A Rocha, K. A. Selkoe, P.H Barber, S.T. Williams, H.A. Lessios, E.D. Crandall, G. Bernardi, C.P. Meyer, K.E. Carpenter, R.J. Toonen. 2014. Phylogeography unplugged: Comparative geographic surveys in the genomic era. Bulletin of Marine Science. 90: 13-46.

L. A. Rocha, A. Aleixo, G. Allen, F. Almeda,1 C. C. Baldwin, M. V. L. Barclay, J. M. Bates, A. M. Bauer, F. Benzoni, C. M. Berns, M. L. Berumen, D. C. Blackburn, S. Blum, F. Bolaños, R. C. K. Bowie, R. Britz, R. M. Brown, C. D. Cadena, K. Carpenter, L. M. Ceríaco, P. Chakrabarty, G. Chaves, J. H. Choat, K. D. Clements, B. B. Collette, A. Collins, J. Coyne, J. Cracraft, T. Daniel, M. R. de Carvalho, K. de Queiroz, F. Di Dario, R. Drewes, J. P. Dumbacher, A. Engilis Jr. M.V. Erdmann, W. Eschmeyer, C. R. Feldman, B. L. Fisher, J. Fjeldså, P. W. Fritsch, J. Fuchs, A. Getahun, A. Gill, M. Gomon, T. Gosliner, G. R. Graves, C. E. Griswold, R. Guralnick, K. Hartel, K. M. Helgen, H. Ho, D. T. Iskandar, T. Iwamoto, Z. Jaafar, H. F. James, D. Johnson, D. Kavanaugh, N. Knowlton, E. Lacey, H. K. Larson, P. Last, J. M. Leis, H. Lessios, J. Liebherr, M. Lowman, D. L. Mahler, V. Mamonekene, K. Matsuura, G. C. Mayer,45 H. Mays Jr.,46 J. McCosker, R. W. McDiarmid, J. McGuire, M. J. Miller, R. Mooi, R. D. Mooi, C. Moritz, P. Myers, M. W. Nachman, R. A. Nussbaum, D. Ó Foighil, L. R. Parenti, J. F. Parham, E. Paul, G. Paulay, J. Pérez-Emán, A. Pérez-Matus, S. Poe, J. Pogonoski, D. L. Rabosky, J. E. Randall, J. D. Reimer, D. R. Robertson, M.-O. Rödel, M. T. Rodrigues, P. Roopnarine, L. Rüber, M. J. Ryan, F. Sheldon, G. Shinohara, A. Short, W. B. Simison, W. F. Smith-Vaniz, V. G. Springer, M. Stiassny, J. G. Tello, C. W. Thompson, T. Trnski, P. Tucker, T. Valqui, M. Vecchione, E. Verheyen, P. C. Wainwright, T. A. Wheeler, W.T. White, K. Will, J. T. Williams, G. Williams, E. O. Wilson, K. Winker, R. Winterbottom, C. C. Witt. 2014. Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science, 344:814-815. [Letter].

Sergio A. Balaguera-Reina, Miryam Venegas-Anaya, Andrés Sánchez, Italo Arbelaez, Harilaos A. Lessios, Llewellyn D. Densmore III. 2016b. Spatial Ecology of the American Crocodile in a Tropical Pacific Island in Central America. PLOS one DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0157152

Aaron O’Dea, Harilaos A. Lessios, Anthony G. Coates, Ron I. Eytan, Laurel S. Collins, Alberto L. Cione, Alan de Queiroz, David W. Farris, Richard D. Norris, Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno, Robert F. Stallard, Michael O. Woodburne, Orangel Aguilera, Marie-Pierre Aubry, William A. Berggren, Ann F. Budd, Mario A. Cozzuol, Simon E. Coppard, Herman Duque-Caro, Seth Finnegan, Germán M. Gasparini, Ethan L. Grossman, Kenneth G. Johnson, Lloyd D. Keigwin, Nancy Knowlton, Egbert G. Leigh, Jill S. Leonard-Pingel, Peter B. Marko, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Paola G. Rachello-Dolmen, Esteban Soibelzon, Leopoldo Soibelzon, Jonathan A.Todd, Geerat J. Vermeij, Jeremy B.C. Jackson. 2016c. Formation of the Isthmus of Panama. Science Advances, 2: 8, e1600883. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600883

Coppard, S.A. and H. A. Lessios. 2017. Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. Scientific Reports 7: 11520. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11875-w

Q. Jossart, C. De Ridder, H.A. Lessios. M. Bauwens, S. Motreuil, T. Rigaud, R.A. Wattier, B. David. 2017. Highly contrasted genetic structures between a sea urchin and its parasitic crab in the Caribbean Sea. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3413

Hiller, A and H. A Lessios. 2017. Phylogeography of Petrolisthes armatus, an invasive species with low dispersal ability. Scientific Reports 7: 3359. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03410-8