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 - Wikipedia

Biologist helps place starfish on critically endangered list

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

Sunflower sea stars are vanishing after mass mortality event •

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

Iconic Sunflower Sea Star Listed as Critically Endangered — SeaDoc Society

EXTINCTION!!! Memories of the Sunflower Sea Star

Sunflower sea stars need help after catastrophic population declines, scientists say

Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast - OPB

Nature's Witness: Hostile Takeover

Sea star listed as critically endangered following research, News

Sunflower Sea Star Recovery

Episode 5: Shifting Baselines

5.7B sunflower sea stars have died in past decade, bringing species to brink of extinction

Sunflower sea star - Wikipedia