Quek, Z.B. Randolph, Jain, Sudhanshi S., Richards, Zoe T., Arrigoni, Roberto, Benzoni, Francesca, Hoeksema, Bert W., Carvajal, Jose I., Wilson, Nerida G., Baird, Andrew H., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Seiblitz, Isabela G.L., Vaga, Claudia F., and Huang, Danwei (2023) A hybrid-capture approach to reconstruct the phylogeny of Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186. 107867.

Mcfadden, Catherine S., Quattrini, Andrea M., Brugler, Mercer, Cowman, Peter F., Dueñas, Luisa F., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Paz-García, David A., Reimer, James D., and Rodríguez, Estefanía (2021) Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria). Systematic Biology, 70 (4). pp. 635-647.

Quattrini, Andrea M., Rodriguez, Estefania, Faircloth, Brant C., Cowman, Peter F., Brugler, Mercer A., Farfan, Gabriela A., Hellberg, Michael E., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Morrison, Cheryl L., Paz-Garcia, David A., Reimer, James D., and McFadden, Catherine S. (2020) Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4. pp. 1531-1538.

Chuang, Yaoyang, Kitahara, Marcelo, Fukami, Hironobu, Tracey, Dianne, Miller, David J., and Chen, Chaolun Allen (2017) Loss and gain of group I introns in the mitochondrial cox1 gene of the scleractinia (cnidaria; anthozoa). Zoological Studies, 56 (9).

Capel, K.C.C., Migotto, A.E., Zilberberg, C., Lin, M.F., Forsman, Z., Miller, D.J., and Kitahara, M.V. (2016) Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of Atlantic representatives of the invasive Pacific coral species Tubastraea coccinea and T. tagusensis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae): implications for species identification. Gene, 590 (2). pp. 270-277.

Lin, Mei Fang, Chou, Wen Hwa, Kitahara, Marcelo V., Chen, Chao Lun Allen, Miller, David John, and Forêt, Sylvain (2016) Corallimorpharians are not "naked corals": insights into relationships between Scleractinia and Corallimorpharia from phylogenomic analyses. PeerJ, 4. e2463. pp. 1-16.

Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Stolarski, Jaroslaw, and Miller, David J. (2013) Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta, 42 (2). pp. 201-212.

Carranza, Alvar, Munoz Recio, Araceli, Kitahara, Marcelo, Scarabino, Fabrizio, Ortega, Leonardo, Lopez, Guzman, Franco-Fraguas, Paula, De Mello, Camila, Acosta, Juan, and Fontan, Antia (2012) Deep-water coral reefs from the Uruguayan outer shelf and slope. Marine Biodiversity, 42 (3). pp. 411-414.

Lin, Mei-Fang, Kitahara, Marcelo Visentini, Tachikawa, Hiroyuki, Fukami, Hironobu, Miller, David John, and Chen, Chaolun Allen (2012) Novel organization of the mitochondrial genome in the deep-sea coral, Madrepora oculata (Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, Oculinidae) and its taxonomic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65 (1). pp. 323-328.

Kitahara, Marcelo V., Stolarski, Jaroslaw, Cairns, Stephen D., Benzoni, Francesca, Stake, Joel L., and Miller, David J. (2012) The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. Invertebrate Systematics, 26 (3). pp. 303-315.

Attenborough, Rosalind M.F., Hayward, David C., V. Kitahara, Marcelo, Miller, David J., and Ball, Eldon E. (2012) A "neural" enzyme in nonbilaterian animals and algae: preneural origins for peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29 (10). pp. 3095-3109.

Lin, Mei-Fang, Kitahara, Marcelo V., Tachikawa, Hiroyuki, Keshavmurthy, Shashank, and Chen, Chaolun Allen (2012) A new shallow-water species, Polycyathus chaishanensis sp nov (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae), from Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Zoological Studies, 51 (2). pp. 213-221.

Janiszewska, Katarzyna, Stolarski, Jarosław, Benzerara, Karim, Meibom, Anders, Mazur, Maciej, Kitahara, Marcelo V., and Cairns, Stephen D. (2011) A unique skeletal microstructure of the deep-sea micrabaciid scleractinian corals. Journal of Morphology, 272 (2). pp. 191-203.

Stolarski, Jarosław, Kitahara, Marcelo V., Miller, David J., Cairns, Stephen D., Mazur, Maciej, and Meibom, Anders (2011) The ancient evolutionary origins of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11. 316. pp. 1-10.

Kitahara, Visentini Marcelo (2011) Morphological and molecular systematics of scleractinian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with emphasis on deep-water species. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Stolarski, Jaroslaw, Blair, David, and Miller, David J. (2010) A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO1 sequence data. PLoS ONE, 5 (7). e11490. pp. 1-9.

Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., and Miller, David J. (2010) Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8 (1). pp. 91-118.

Visentini-Kitahara, Marcelo, and Cairns, Stephen (2009) A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema, 31 (2). pp. 233-248.

Kitahara, Marcelo V., and Cairns, Stephen D. (2008) New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1940. pp. 59-68.

Visentini Kitahara, Marcelo (2007) Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science, 81 (3). pp. 497-518.