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Homer, Alaska, United States


Sea Star Wasting Disease has caused sea stars to die off since 2013. As of 2018, there are still no sea stars on Bishops Beach in Homer.


The leg of this purple ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) in Oregon is disintegrating, as it dies from sea star wasting syndrome.
Photo by Elizabeth Cerny-Chipman, courtesy of Oregon State University. Wiki Commons

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