Species Detail - Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "The Ray Project - Shark, Skate and Ray Egg case Records".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Raja clavata
Thornback Ray
NBNSYS0000177627 UnverifiedUnverified
Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention
racla
Linnaeus, 1758
cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
12
4
3
25/04/2021
21/07/2021
1 January (recorded in 2011)
30 December (recorded in 2007)
The Ray Project, The Ray Project - Shark, Skate and Ray Egg case Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Thornback Ray (Raja clavata), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/361/Species/15567>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)