FIRST RECORDS OF THE RARE STARFISH MARGINASTER CAPREENSIS (GASCO, 1876) (ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA, PORANIIDAE) IN THE STRAIT OF SICILY AND FURTHER INFORMATION ON ITS RECENT FINDING IN THE IONIAN SEA

First records of the rare starfish Marginaster capreensis (Echinodermata: Poraniidae) for the Strait of Sicily are reported. Two specimens were collected in 2004 at 87m and 136m depth on the off-shore African shelf. Detailed information on the first specimen, recently reported in literature from the Ionian Sea, is also given. It was collected in 2000 at 707-742 m depth off the Corfù island (Eastern Ionian).