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.

Sea Stars

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

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

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

Birch Aquarium successfully spawns three critically endangered sunflower sea stars - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Iconic Sunflower Sea Star Listed as Critically Endangered — SeaDoc Society

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

Sunflower Sea Stars Now Critically Endangered

Disease Causing Sea Stars To Waste Away

Ocean Outbreak' tells tales of a rising tide in trouble

Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia