来自加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学的研究团队针对太平洋沿岸向日葵海星(Pycnopodia helianthoides)暴发的海星消耗病(SSWD)，完成了病原菌pectenicida弧菌FHCF-3株的全基因组测序。该4.37Mb基因组包含3个气溶素样毒素(aerolysin-like toxins)编码基因，为揭示SSWD致病机制提供了关键 ...

The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) can be found throughout intertidal and subtidal coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to at least northern Baja California, ...

A new study suggests that cold-water fjords on British Columbia’s Central Coast could be a marine refuge for threatened sunflower sea stars, which have been hit hard by sea star wasting disease. But ...

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Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in B.C.’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a scientific advisory panel is warning. A once-abundant predator of the sea floor along the ...

The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides – a stunning behemoth in the invertebrate community with 24 arms measuring up to one meter from tip to tip, one of the largest and heaviest sea stars ...

The sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides – a stunning behemoth in the invertebrate community with 24 arms measuring up to one meter from tip to tip, one of the largest and heaviest sea stars ...