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 declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

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

Threatened listing proposed for sunflower sea star after population devastated by wasting disease - Alaska Beacon

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

Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia

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

Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

Sunflower sea stars are vanishing after mass mortality event •

Scientists call for action to help sunflower sea stars

Pycnopodia helianthoides

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Urchin diver spots another sunflower sea star north of Noyo Harbor • The Mendocino Voice, Mendocino County, CAThe Mendocino Voice

Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia