Cortexa research tool·genomics·eol

EOL Search Species

Search the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) for species and taxa by name. Returns matching EOL page IDs, scientific names, and name variants. Use this to find EOL page IDs for detailed lookups with EOL_get_page. Supports exact matching. EOL aggregates data from hundreds of biodiversity databases. Example: searching 'Homo sapiens' returns page ID 327955.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 238msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 238ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "exact": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "If true, only return exact name matches.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number for paginated results (1-based).",
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search string for species or taxon name. Supports scientific names, common names, and partial matches. Examples: 'Homo sapiens', 'Arabidopsis thaliana', 'Panthera leo', 'honey bee'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default EOL Search Species call

public-safeinput

{
  "exact": false,
  "page": 1,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_EOL_search_species
Tool name: EOL_search_species
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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