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Cortexa research tool·biomedical·gbif_ext
GBIF Get Species
Get detailed species information from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) by its taxon key. Returns the full taxonomic record including scientific name, authorship, rank, full classification (kingdom through species), taxonomic status, basionym, vernacular name, and number of descendant taxa. Use GBIF_search_species first to find taxon keys. Example: key 2435099 returns Puma concolor (puma) with full classification from Animalia to Puma concolor.
AvailableCortexa
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
JSON · 12 lines · 398 chars
Examples (1)
Default GBIF Get Species call
public-safeinput
JSON · 3 lines · 21 chars
Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_GBIF_get_species
- Tool name
- GBIF_get_species
- Added
- 2026-04-30 22:47Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse