Sponges of Palau, I — BERGQUIST 
187 
Fig. 30 a. Aster opus sarasinorum (Thiele). Sta. 136. 
Aster opus sarasinorum (Thiele) 
Fig. 30 a, b, c 
Melophus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899, p. 8, pi. 
1, fig. 2, pi. 5, fig. 3. 
Jaspis bandae Brpndsted, 1934, p. 8, fig. 4, 
5 , 6 . 
Fig. 30 A Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele). Apical 
view showing the cloacal opening and the openings of 
the exhalant channels to the base of the cloaca. 
Stellettinopsis isis de Laubenfels, 1954, p. 
221, fig. 153, pi 10, a. 
OCCURRENCE: Sta. 136, 252. 
description (Table 13). 
The intact specimen compares in detail with 
Stellettinopsis isis, which is well described and 
figured by de Laubenfels. The larger specimen 
which has been cut into thirds (one part of 
which is missing) is identical with the figures 
of Melophus sarasinorum Thiele and Jaspis 
bandae Brpndsted. The surface processes fringe 
TABLE 13 
SPECIMEN 
SHAPE AND SIZE 
CLOACA 
THICKNESS FROM 
Height 
Width 
Depth 
Diameter 
Depth 
CLOACA TO EXTERIOR 
Sta. 136 
18 cm 
10.5 cm centre 
6.5 cm apex 
7.5 cm 
1.8 cm 
5 cm 
Sta. 252 
(incomplete specimen) 
22 cm 
— 
— 
contracted 
12 cm 
5 cm base 
2.5 cm apex 
