Facts: The Sunflower Star

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Quick facts about this giant species of sea star! The sunflower star (sunflower starfish, sunflower sea star, zombie starfish, many rayed star, twenty arm star). Sunflower star facts! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References and Helpful Links https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/nature/sunflower-star.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-almost-all-west-coasts-sunflower-sea-stars-have-wilted-away-180971387/ https://aquarium.org/animals/sunflower-star/ https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau7042 https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/exhibits/marine-panel/sunflower-star/ Lambert, Philip. Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound. United States, UBC Press, 2000. Sept, J. Duane. The New Beachcomber's Guide to the Pacific Northwest. Canada, Harbour Publishing Company Limited, 2019. Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. United Kingdom, University of California Press, 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Music: Bittersweet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images Licensed Under Creative Commons Ed Bierman on Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Brian Gratwicke on Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Je

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