Sunflower Sea Star

The sunflower sea star occurs throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the Northeast Pacific Ocean from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to at least northern Baja California, Mexico. They are found to a depth of at least 435 meters on various substrate types, from rocky kelp forests to sand and mud flats. Sunflower sea stars are broadcast spawners that require close proximity to mates for successful fertilization.

Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) scavenging dead Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada North Pacific Ocean Stock Photo - Alamy

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

Large group of Sunflower sea stars (Asterias / Pycnopodia helianthoides) covering rock, pacific coast, Canada, August Stock Photo - Alamy

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

As massive die off of sunflower sea stars devastates North Coast fisheries, international nonprofit lists species as critically endangered • The Mendocino Voice, Mendocino County, CAThe Mendocino Voice

Oregon researchers develop new treatment for endangered sea stars - OPB

Hope after a gruesome marine disease: spotting the critically endangered sunflower sea star in Washington

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