# GBIF Taxonomic Name Matching via Suverse Biodiversity Proxy

> GBIF Taxonomic Name Matching via Suverse Biodiversity Proxy is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.055/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Resolves a scientific species name to its accepted GBIF taxon, returning confidence score, taxonomic rank, and full kingdom-to-genus classification hierarchy.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-biodiversity-name-match
- Price: $0.055/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gbif-taxonomic-name-matching-via-suverse-biodiversity-proxy-e3d837ee
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_W-wkESBuhGxFZ-1DbLvOk

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability gbif-taxonomic-name-matching-via-suverse-biodiversity-proxy-e3d837ee -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you resolve 'Panthera leo' to its accepted GBIF taxon and give me the full kingdom-to-genus classification along with the confidence score and rank?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to normalize, validate, or enrich species names against the authoritative GBIF backbone taxonomy — especially before biodiversity data analysis, database ingestion, or display. Prefer this over manual lookup when you need a machine-readable confidence score and full hierarchical classification in one keyless call. It is ideal for pipelines that receive species names from heterogeneous sources (field surveys, literature, user input) and need to standardize them to accepted nomenclature.

## Known failure modes

- Unrecognized or misspelled scientific name returns a low-confidence or NONE match type with no accepted taxon
- Ambiguous name matching multiple taxa returns the highest-confidence candidate but may not be the intended taxon
- Network timeout or upstream GBIF API unavailability results in a 5xx error
- Malformed request body (missing required fields) returns a 400 validation error
- Names only recognized at higher taxonomic ranks (e.g. family level) may not resolve to species-level output

## How this service works

Resolve a scientific name to its accepted GBIF taxon with confidence, rank and full kingdom-to-genus classification. Keyless. Best for normalizing species names before analysis or display.

## Output

Returns the accepted GBIF taxon corresponding to the submitted scientific name, including: the matched and accepted taxon names, GBIF usage key/taxon ID, taxonomic rank (e.g. SPECIES, GENUS), a confidence score (0–100), match type, and the full classification hierarchy from kingdom through genus (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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