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.

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Biologist helps place starfish on critically endangered list

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EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

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

Sea star listed as critically endangered following research, News

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Sea Stars

Ochre star mortality during the 2014 wasting disease epizootic: role of population size structure and temperature