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(A) A healthy-looking specimen of P. helianthoides moves across the kelp, Agarum fimbriatum. (B) Afflicted sea stars exhibit a loss of turgor pressure and body wall ruptures, followed by (C) limb autotomization, disintegration and death. Photos by Donna Gibbs.
