Species: Evasterias troschelii

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    Articles:

    Devastating transboundary impacts of sea star wasting disease on subtidal asteroids

    A study in the journal PLOS ONE uses volunteer diver surveys to assess the impacts of sea star wasting disease in the Salish Sea. Data shows that sunflower sea stars were especially hard hit and have all but disappeared from the region. 

    Sunflower sea stars have all but disappeared from the Salish Sea due to sea star wasting disease. Photo courtesy of PLOS ONE
    Phylum
    Echinodermata
    Class

    Asteroidea

    Family

    Asteriidae