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 Star Recovery

Sunflower sea stars are vanishing after mass mortality event •

Sea Stars

Sunflower Sea Stars Now Critically Endangered

Sunstar animal hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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

Sunflower Sea Star One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection

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

Oregon's sunflower sea stars are nearly extinct

Sunflower sea star die-off could result in larger ecosystem level consequences - Faculty of Environment - Simon Fraser University