Virus implicated in sea star die-off
![Ochre sea star](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tkr_starfish_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
Ochre sea stars (Pisaster ochraceus) are one of at least 20 starfish species suffering from a devastating disease that transforms the marine creatures into puddles of slime.
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