Get information about a single taxon

api_taxon(taxon_id)

Arguments

taxon_id	internal, numeric id of the taxon.

Value

A list containing

id : the numerical id of the taxon,
display_name : a unique name for the taxon (in which the parent name gets appended if the taxon name is not unique),
lineage : a vector of the taxon name and its ancestors, in order of ascendance.

Examples

api_taxon(1234)
#> $id
#> [1] 1234
#> 
#> $display_name
#> [1] "Catonella"
#> 
#> $lineage
#> [1] "Catonella"       "Lachnospiraceae" "Bacteria"        "living"         
#> 
api_taxon(85004)
#> $id
#> [1] 85004
#> 
#> $display_name
#> [1] "tail<Appendicularia"
#> 
#> $lineage
#> [1] "tail"           "Appendicularia" "Tunicata"       "Chordata"      
#> [5] "Metazoa"        "Holozoa"        "Opisthokonta"   "Eukaryota"     
#> [9] "living"        
#> 
api_taxon(84968)
#> $id
#> [1] 84968
#> 
#> $display_name
#> [1] "tail<Chaetognatha"
#> 
#> $lineage
#> [1] "tail"         "Chaetognatha" "Metazoa"      "Holozoa"      "Opisthokonta"
#> [6] "Eukaryota"    "living"      
#>