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.

B.C. ocean researchers push to help understand, restore all but extinct sunflower sea stars

Scientists Are Racing to Save Sea Stars from the Brink of Extinction - Bloomberg

Biologist helps place starfish on critically endangered list

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

Pycnopodia helianthoides

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

Sea Stars

Ocean Outbreak' tells tales of a rising tide in trouble

Stars for the Sea

5.7B sunflower sea stars have died in past decade, bringing species to brink of extinction

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