Wasting sea star (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

Wasting sea star

Caption

A sea star (Pisaster ochraceous and not a sunflower sea star) that has pulled itself apart from wasting disease. This is indicative of what sea stars experience.

Credit

Andrew McCracken

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