EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

A new publication confirms the extirpation and possible extinction of the benthic ecosystem apex predator, the Sunflower Sea Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides, due the combined effects of abnormally warm sea water temperatures coupled with the effects of sea star wasting disease.

Sunflower Sea Stars Now Critically Endangered

Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

Colorful sea star stricken by disease vanishes from most of the West Coast - Anchorage Daily News

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

Colorful sea star stricken by disease vanishes from most of the West Coast - Anchorage Daily News

Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia

Pycnopodia helianthoides

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Sea Stars

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Expert says B.C. sea stars melting away because of wasting disease

Sunflower sea star die-off could result in larger ecosystem level consequences - Faculty of Environment - Simon Fraser University

NOAA Fisheries Weighs Protection for Sunflower Sea Star Native to West Coast