Fascinating, whatever it is. Have not seen that before. The photo is pretty poor, and only one to go on. Kim, can you (or the field researchers) be 100% certain that it is a holothuroid? Best regards, Steve p.s. was in Maluku province, Indonesia, last week and happy to see for my own eyes that there are still some sea cucumbers left there! From: flmnh-aspidolist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ahmed Thandar Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2018 11:47 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Holo sp.1 from Rowley Shoals reef NW Australia - any guesses? Very interesting. Wonder what the ossicles look like. Any chance of it being young of atra or leucospilota? Get Outlook for Android<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__aka.ms_ghei36&d=DwMF-g&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=nLA00EEAunG_cS4F9PY48sUD02zsp8GecamB_RHOcAg&s=MVvDbZjmRbmdZYX4hHD9MCn4XgD8teT7Sf1kRd9Fy5Y&e=> ________________________________ From: flmnh-aspidolist <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Dave Lane <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 6:09:30 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Holo sp.1 from Rowley Shoals reef NW Australia - any guesses? Now I see the other pictures - only one (the close-up) downloaded at first. Fingers and dead rubble of Acropora branches give an approx. scale - pretty small ! Dave Lane Research Associate LKC Natural History NMuseum National University of Singapore ________________________________ From: flmnh-aspidolist <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Friedman, Kim (FIAF) <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 6:09 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Holo sp.1 from Rowley Shoals reef NW Australia - any guesses? Got this from a colleague in WA Holo sp.1 from Rowley Shoals, NW Australia - any guesses? [cid:[log in to unmask]] Thanks Kim Kim Friedman Senior Fishery Resources Officer _________________________________________________ F602, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Marine and Inland Fisheries Branch Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 570 56510 Skype: kim.j.friedman [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Profile@GoogleScholar<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__scholar.google.com.au_citations-3Fuser-3DKlkSJHwAAAAJ&d=DwMFAw&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=GoGJ3AoPR7v3ZCie2wwW3Qmk0DHhNpWzS-dhiY7MvE0&s=piakJTrU4RJodCyqUq_eSL2SRLB404Gx8fW0Fh2hxoU&e=> www.fao.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fao.org_fishery&d=DwMFAw&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=k6Mya__X0Coi2S1x8pBiCXi8ahXS7dQR3vXBN-FZz2M&m=GoGJ3AoPR7v3ZCie2wwW3Qmk0DHhNpWzS-dhiY7MvE0&s=VrqKySn5W5cI8DaxE71TTOEec80Us7QHoZjDXO53dMQ&e=> [cid:[log in to unmask]]