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Between 2013 and 2017, an illness known as"star wasting disease" decimated their population, killing up to 99% of them in Southern California.The multicolored Sunflower stars are big, fast-moving carnivores that can grow to more than 3 feet in diameter, with between 16 and 24 arms.The Sunflower sea stars are natural predators of sea urchins, which feed on Southern California's kelp forests.
“The story of the Sunflower star isn't just about the star,” she said. “It's about the entire ecosystem in which it inhabits.”One step is to study the disease that’s destroying the star fish. Researchers are hoping to find the culprit and a cure.
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