Species Detail - Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "IWDG Cetacean Strandings Database".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking Shark
NBNSYS0000040787
UnverifiedUnverified
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
cemax
(Gunnerus, 1765)
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
41
30
24
28/04/2005
15/08/2023
2 February (recorded in 2012)
11 December (recorded in 2011)
Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, IWDG Cetacean Strandings Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/219/Species/15533>