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CoL Get Children

Get child taxa (immediate subtaxa) of a given taxon in the Catalogue of Life. For example, get all species within a genus, or all genera within a family. Uses the parentId parameter to list direct descendants. Returns child taxon names, ranks, IDs, and status. Use CoL_search_species or CoL_get_taxon to find the parent taxon ID first.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 861msCortexa

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Schema

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{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of children to return (default 10, max 1000)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "offset": {
      "description": "Offset for pagination",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "parentId": {
      "description": "CoL ID of the parent taxon whose children to retrieve (e.g., '636X2' for genus Homo, '623RM' for family Felidae). Obtain from CoL_search_species or CoL_get_taxon.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "parentId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default CoL Get Children call

public-safeinput

{
  "parentId": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_CoL_get_children
Tool name: CoL_get_children
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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