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WoRMS webservice
As a user or developer you can use the WoRMS webservice to feed your own application with standard WoRMS taxonomy.A few example of possible applications:
- get the AphiaID for your taxon
- check the spelling of your taxa
- get the authority for your taxa
- get the full classification for your taxa
- resolve your unaccepted names to accepted ones
- get all synonyms for a taxon
- match your species list
- resolve a common name/vernacular to a scientific name
- get the sources/references for a taxon
- get the WoRMS citation for a taxon
Web Service Definition Language File: WSDL file
Brief description: AphiaNameService description
Please, let us know if you are using the webservice, so we can add you to the users list.
For problems or questions, please contact info@marinespecies.org
Example implementations
Linking to WoRMS
If you simply want to link to WoRMS, just use this URL: http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Your Speciesi.e. http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Solea solea
(This assumes that you have no idea if the taxon exists, or you do not want to look up the AphiaID)
If you know the taxon exists, lookup the AphiaID, via the search interface, and link to this URL: http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=AphiaID
i.e. the AphiaID for Solea solea is 127160: http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127160
Wikispecies has a template to link back to WoRMS.
It is available here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:WRMS (credits go to Lycaon)