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.

Nature's Witness: Hostile Takeover

Sunstar animal hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

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

Diminished population of sunflower sea stars may get Endangered Species Act listing - Alaska Beacon

Sunflower sea stars are vanishing after mass mortality event •

Iconic Sunflower Sea Star Listed as Critically Endangered — SeaDoc Society

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

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

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