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Get WoRMS AphiaID from a taxonomic name

Source: R/get_aphia_id.R
get_aphia_id.Rd

This function wraps worrms::wm_name2id_() so that it returns a data frame rather than a list. It also silences "not found" warnings, returning NA instead.

Usage

get_aphia_id(x)

Arguments

x

A (vector with) taxonomic name(s).

Value

Data frame with name, aphia_id, aphia_lsid and aphia_url.

See also

Other support functions: datacite_to_eml(), get_mvb_term()

Examples

get_aphia_id("Mola mola")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#>   name      aphia_id aphia_lsid                                aphia_url        
#>   <chr>        <int> <chr>                                     <chr>            
#> 1 Mola mola   127405 urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127405 https://www.mari…
get_aphia_id(c("Mola mola", "not_a_name"))
#> # A tibble: 2 × 4
#>   name       aphia_id aphia_lsid                                aphia_url       
#>   <chr>         <int> <chr>                                     <chr>           
#> 1 Mola mola    127405 urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127405 https://www.mar…
#> 2 not_a_name       NA NA                                        NA