Cryptic speciation in a biodiversity hotspot: multilocus molecular data reveal new velvet worm species from Western Australia (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae: Kumbadjena) [pdf]. S Sato, RS Buckman-Young, MS Harvey, G Giribet. 2018. Invertebrate Systematics 32(6), 1249-1264.
Evidence for spatial niche partitioning in the ectocommensal Symbion americanus (Cycliophora) on its lobster host, Homarus americanus (Arthropoda, Malacostraca) [pdf]. S Sato, A Law, G Giribet. 2022. Invertebrate Biology 141(2): e12370.
Sizing up the onychophoran genome: repeats, introns, and gene family expansion contribute to genome gigantism in Epiperipatus broadwayi. S Sato, TJ Cunha, BAS de Medeiros, DE Khost, TB Sackton, G Giribet. 2023. Genome Biology and Evolution 15(3): evad021.
Expanding on our knowledge of ecdysozoan genomes: a contiguous assembly of the meiofaunal priapulan Tubiluchus corrallicola. A Lord, TJ Cunha, BAS de Medeiros, S Sato, DE Khost, TB Sackton, G Giribet. 2023. Genome Biology and Evolution 15(6): evad103.
Under the hood: Phylogenomics of hooded tick spiders (Arachnida, Ricinulei) uncovers discordance between morphology and molecules. S Sato, S Derkarabetian, A Valdez-Mondragón, A Pérez-González, LR Benavides, SR Daniels, G Giribet. 2024. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 193: 108026.
An ultraconserved element probe set for velvet worms (Onychophora). S Sato, S Derkarabetian, A Lord, G Giribet. 2024. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 197: 108115.
Phylogenomics of the rarest animals: a second species of Micrognathozoa identified by machine learning. S Sato, C Appeldorf, OS Wangensteen, S Garcés-Pastor, CE Laumer, M Herranz, G Giribet, D Renault, P Rask Møller, K Worsaae. 2025. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292: 20242867.