“Based on the best #scientific and #commercial information available, including the draft status review report, and after taking into account efforts being made to #protect the species, we have determined that the #SunflowerSeaStar is likely to become an #EndangeredSpecies within the foreseeable future throughout its range. Therefore, we propose to list the sunflower #SeaStar as a #threatened #species under the #ESA .”

https://www.deeperblue.com/the-us-government-is-close-to-naming-the-sunflower-sea-star-as-a-threatened-species/?amp

#USA #nature #MarineBiology #SeaCreatures

RT @awegalloway
Our paper on Pycnopodia #SunflowerSeaStar consumption of purple sea urchins is featured in @nytimes today! Coauthors @sarahgravem @DanielKOkamoto and others from @uoregon @OregonState @Conserve_CA @floridastate @UW #PycoNomNom https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/science/sunflower-sea-stars-urchins.html https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1897

RT @awegalloway
A picture says 10,000 words? 👀 (This is the full word count of our new paper on Pycnopodia predation on purple sea urchins). Epic photos by Dr. Lynn Lee, showing the halo effects of the 'landscape of fear' that the #SunflowerSeaStar creates for urchins. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1897