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Virus fingered as top suspect in West Coast sea star wasting disease
Starfish with sea star wasting disease, an infectious disease that has spread along the West Coast.
Credit: NOAA
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Presumably healthy sea stars along the West Coast; others are affected by disease.
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Bat stars in a California quarantine facility showing signs of sea star wasting disease.
Credit: Ian Hewson
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Lesion on the surface of a fragile rainbow star with sea star wasting disease.
Credit: Ian Hewson
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A mottled starfish that has lost limbs as a result of sea star wasting disease.
Credit: Ian Hewson
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The effects of sea star wasting disease: mottled sea stars have begun to fall apart.
Credit: Ian Hewson
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