Sea Star Wasting Syndrome Spreads to Puget Sound's Eld Inlet

Additional photos from Kim Merriman, taken June 14, show that Sea Star Wasting Syndrome has also spread into Eld Inlet. Ms. Merriman said no purple Ochre, what had been the most prevalent type, were seen. (Click here for a chart of the various Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest.) To see additional information on Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, go to the Intertidal Monitoring site which includes descriptions and forms to help in reporting what you see.

Sunstar from Eld Inlet

Lesions where the legs meet the

body precede leg separation.

(June 14, 2014 - photo by Kim Merriman)

 

Sunstar with separated leg nearby.

(Eld Inlet)

(June 14, 2014 - photo by Kim Merriman)

 

Starfish (possibly mottled?) missing leg.

(Eld Inlet)

(June 14, 2014 - photo by Kim Merriman)