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

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

NOAA proposes listing sunflower sea stars as 'threatened' under endangered species act

Biologist helps place starfish on critically endangered list

Pizza-sized endangered sunflower sea stars spawned at Birch Aquarium – NBC 7 San Diego

These Starfish Face Extinction. Scientists Are Helping Them Mate. - The New York Times

Sunflower Sea Stars Are Set to Get Protection Under the Endangered Species Act - The New York Times

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