Pteroplatea maclura
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Pteroplatea maclura
New Latin name Gymnura altavela
Common name Nederlands: Doornvlinderrog
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteroplatea_maclura_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ14200111.tif

The spiny butterfly ray or giant butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela) is a species of butterfly ray, family Gymnuridae, native to the shallow coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean.