Species Detail - skate leech (Pontobdella muricata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".

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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Pontobdella muricata
skate leech
NBNSYS0000177431 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
pomur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Annelid
Species
1
1
1
25/04/2021
25/04/2021
26 March (recorded in 2022)
13 August (recorded in 2023)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, skate leech (Pontobdella muricata), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/7722

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)