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EBITaxonomy Search By Name

Search for organisms by any name (scientific, common, or synonym) in EBI Taxonomy. Unlike scientific name lookup, this accepts common names like 'mouse', 'fruit fly', or 'baker's yeast'. Returns matching taxa with their IDs, scientific names, and lineage. Example: 'mouse' returns Mus musculus (10090) and Mus (10088).

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 105msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 105ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "description": "Any organism name (common name, scientific name, or synonym). Examples: 'mouse', 'fruit fly', 'yeast', 'zebrafish', 'E. coli'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EBITaxonomy Search By Name call

public-safeinput

{
  "name": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EBITaxonomy_search_by_name
Tool name: EBITaxonomy_search_by_name
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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