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.

Endangered Sea Star May Be Key to Kelp Forest Restoration

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Listing Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened under Endangered Species Act

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Listing Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened under Endangered Species Act

Sea Stars

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

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

Sunstar animal hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Sunflower Sea Stars Are Nearly Extinct; Mass Die-Off Mystifies Scientists - The Westside Gazette

Endangered sunflower sea stars discovered on Oregon Coast

Sea Stars

Oregon's sunflower sea stars are nearly extinct

Sunflower Sea Star Recovery

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star