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Cortexa research tool·biomedical·opentree
OpenTree Get Taxon
Get detailed taxonomy information for a taxon from the Open Tree of Life by its OTT ID. Returns the taxon name, rank, synonyms, source databases (NCBI, GBIF, IRMNG), and flags indicating taxonomic status. Use OpenTree_match_names first to get OTT IDs from species names. Example: OTT ID 770315 returns Homo sapiens with rank 'species', synonyms, and NCBI/GBIF cross-references.
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Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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Examples (1)
Default OpenTree Get Taxon call
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Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_OpenTree_get_taxon
- Tool name
- OpenTree_get_taxon
- Added
- 2026-04-30 22:47Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse