Cortexa research tool·genomics·obis

OBIS Search Taxa

Resolve marine taxa in OBIS by scientific name to obtain standardized identifiers (AphiaID), ranks, and names. Use before querying marine occurrences.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 2296msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 2296ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "scientificname": {
      "description": "Scientific name query (e.g., 'Gadus').",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Number of records to return (1–100).",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "scientificname"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default OBIS Search Taxa call

public-safeinput

{
  "scientificname": "",
  "size": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_OBIS_search_taxa
Tool name: OBIS_search_taxa
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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