# SYNTHORA GBIF Taxonomic Name Matcher

> SYNTHORA GBIF Taxonomic Name Matcher is a paid API for AI agents from gbif-species-name-match.hergertsynthora.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Matches a scientific or common species name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy, returning the authoritative taxon key, accepted name, rank, status, full lineage, and confidence score.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://gbif-species-name-match.hergertsynthora.com/service
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/synthora-gbif-taxonomic-name-matcher-228b87f3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2NDTBDKsLvHG2U6jusi0D

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 synthora-gbif-taxonomic-name-matcher-228b87f3 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you match 'Panthera leo' to the GBIF backbone taxonomy and give me its usageKey, accepted name, full lineage from kingdom to species, taxonomic status, and confidence score?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to normalize, validate, or enrich species or taxon names against the authoritative GBIF backbone taxonomy — especially in biodiversity data pipelines, environmental compliance workflows, or ecology research contexts where a stable usageKey and full lineage are required. It is ideal for agent-to-agent (A2A) pipelines that need machine-readable taxonomic identifiers with confidence scores rather than free-text lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Name not found in GBIF backbone — low confidence score or null result returned
- Ambiguous name matches multiple taxa — result may reflect best guess with reduced confidence
- Common name resolution may be language- or region-dependent, yielding unexpected taxon
- Misspelled or malformed name string returns low-confidence or empty match
- GBIF backbone may not include recently described or informal taxa

## How this service works

Matches a scientific or common species name to the GBIF backbone taxonomy (api.gbif.org/v1/species/match), returning usageKey, accepted name, rank, status and full kingdom-to-species lineage with a confidence score. Autonomous agents and agent-to-agent (A2A) biodiversity, environmental-compliance and ecology pipelines use it to normalize taxa. Ranking surface: name to authoritative taxon with confidence.

## Output

A JSON object containing: ok (boolean), and a result object with the GBIF usageKey, accepted scientific name, taxonomic rank (e.g. SPECIES), taxonomic status (e.g. ACCEPTED, SYNONYM), full lineage from kingdom through phylum, class, order, family, genus to species, and a confidence score (0–100) indicating match quality.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "name": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "name"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "niche": "gbif-species-name-match",
  "result": {}
 }
}
```

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