Scuticociliate Disease Devastates Long-Spined Sea Urchins Across Caribbean
A fast-acting disease has caused mass mortality among long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) populations across the Caribbean, echoing a devastating region-wide die-off that occurred four decades ago. According to NOAA’s National Ocean Service, scientists first learned of the extensive disease and associated die-offs in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in February 2022. Scuticociliate Disease Devastates … Read more