Hello everyone,
Thank you for the information. It was the ventral side! No wonder it
looked so light colored.

Best wishes,
Hal Koike

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Solis Marin Francisco Alonso
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ok, so now its a matter of reviewing the ossicles.
> Cheers
> Francisco
>
>> This looks like the ventral surface of Holothuria mexicana after it was
>> disturbed, to me.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Hal Koike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> We are currently conducting a base line sea cucumber assessment in
>>> Carribean, but we came across a Stichopus hermanni looking sea
>>> cucumber. As far as I know S. hermanni is a Indo Pacific species, so I
>>> was wondering what this species could be. If anybody recognize it, I
>>> would greatly appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Hal Koike
>>>
>>
>
>
> Dr. Francisco A. Solís-Marín
> Jefe de la Unidad Académica Ecología y Biodiversidad Acuática.
> Colección Nacional de Equinodermos
> "Dra. Ma. E. Caso Muñoz"
> Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología
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