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![Dermasterias imbricata](https://www.snexplores.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/011521_EG_sea-star_feat-1030x580.jpg)
Starfish can develop wasting disease, such as this leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) did, seen at the Sitka Sound Science Center in Alaska. Affected sea stars can dissolve into a puddle of goo.
Ian Hewson