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While snorkeling recreationally, Romer noticed dozens of nine-armed sea stars with curled limbs, necrotic tissue and rapidly decomposing bodies.
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Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
The Frozen Zoo has notched some reproductive breakthroughs over the years, including in 2023 when researchers were able to successfully freeze sunflower sea star sperm, thaw it and fertilize eggs that resulted in larvae developing with a high rate of success.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
While the disease has ravaged sea star populations along the Pacific for years, its spread to the Atlantic signals a troubling ecological shift.
—Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
This comes in the form of five arms for most starfish, although some species have even more — adult sunflower sea stars, for example, can have up to 24 arms.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
The Frozen Zoo has notched some reproductive breakthroughs over the years, including in 2023 when researchers were able to successfully freeze sunflower sea star sperm, thaw it and fertilize eggs that resulted in larvae developing with a high rate of success.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
While the disease has ravaged sea star populations along the Pacific for years, its spread to the Atlantic signals a troubling ecological shift.
—Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
This comes in the form of five arms for most starfish, although some species have even more — adult sunflower sea stars, for example, can have up to 24 arms.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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