Sea star wasting disease
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sea-star-wasting-disease-163-16094666
title:
Sea star wasting disease
text:
Sea star wasting disease or starfish wasting syndrome is a disease of starfish and several other echinoderms that appears sporadically, causing mass mortality of those affected. There are approximately 40 species of sea stars that have been affected by this disease. At least 20 of these species were on the Northwestern coast of Mexico to Alaska. The disease seems to be associated with increased water temperatures in some locales, but not others. It starts with the emergence of lesions, followed
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Disease of starfish
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_star_wasting_disease
date created:
2013-11-17T20:39:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T20:03:56Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Dying_purple_ochre_sea_star.jpg","width":4000,"height":3000}
fields total:
13
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16