Pycnopodia Helianthoides, or the Sunflower Sea Star, is the largest known starfish in the world. Adults stars can have as many as 24 limbs and measure over three feet across. They are a predatory species and can travel up to ten feet per minute, which is Usain Bolt-level fast for a sea star. This fascinating animal, once abundant along the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern Mexico, has been devastated by a disease called wasting syndrome. The disease has wiped out as much as 90% of the sunflo
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Pycnopodia Helianthoides, or the Sunflower Sea Star, is the largest known starfish in the world. Adults stars can have as many as 24 limbs and measure over three feet across. They
Oregon Field Guide. Oregon Field Guide · Original audio. Pycnopodia Helianthoides, or the Sunflower Sea Star, is the largest known starfish in the world. Adults stars can have as many as 24 limbs and measure over three feet across. They are a predatory species and can travel up to ten feet per minute, which is Usain Bolt-level fast for a sea ...
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