# GBIF Taxonomic Name Search via Suverse Biodiversity Proxy

> GBIF Taxonomic Name Search 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 2026-09-14).

Searches GBIF's global taxonomic backbone by free-text species name to resolve taxonomy, retrieve species keys, and enable biodiversity lookups and occurrence joins.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-biodiversity-species-search
- Price: $0.055/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gbif-taxonomic-name-search-via-suverse-biodiversity-proxy-8aafec23
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dFFBarv1RFkCHTwNTYdnl

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-search-via-suverse-biodiversity-proxy-8aafec23 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search GBIF's taxonomic backbone for 'Panthera leo' and give me its full classification, accepted name, and taxon key so I can look up occurrence records.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to resolve free-text species or taxon names to authoritative GBIF backbone identifiers — especially before joining with GBIF occurrence datasets, validating field-collected species lists, or enriching biodiversity records with full taxonomic hierarchy. Prefer this over raw GBIF API calls when you want a keyless, pay-per-call proxy without managing GBIF credentials.

## Known failure modes

- No match found for ambiguous or highly misspelled names — returns empty result or low-confidence fuzzy match
- Name resolves to multiple homonyms — returns the best-rank match which may not be the intended organism
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient — returns 402 error
- Timeout or upstream GBIF API unavailability — returns 5xx error
- Extremely new or undescribed species may not appear in the GBIF backbone yet

## How this service works

Search GBIF's global taxonomic backbone by free-text name to resolve species, get taxonomy and keys. Keyless. Foundation for biodiversity lookups, name resolution and occurrence joins.

## Output

Returns a GBIF taxonomic match including the accepted scientific name, taxonomic rank, GBIF species/taxon key, kingdom/phylum/class/order/family/genus classification, synonym status, and match confidence — enabling downstream joins with occurrence and distribution datasets.

## 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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