Retrieve life traits of biological species given by their scientific name

This service searches the Encyclopedia of Life traits bank for data related to a given taxon name. It uses the EoL trait bank v3 API that provides a Neo4J Cypher interface.

Canonical URL: https://sparql-micro-services.org/service/eol/getTraitsByTaxon_sd/
Input argument: The taxon scientific name without authorship nor date information. Mandatory.
Passed as the object of predicate http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName.
Example value: Delphinus delphis
Service Description graph: https://sparql-micro-services.org/service/eol/getTraitsByTaxon_sd/ServiceDescription
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SPARQL query


        prefix dwc: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/>
        prefix dwciri: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/iri/>
        prefix dct:     <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>

        SELECT * WHERE {
            ?taxon a dwc:Taxon;
                dwc:scientificName "Delphinus delphis";
                dct:relation ?measure.

            ?measure
                a                       dwc:MeasurementOrFact;
                dwc:measurementType     ?measurementType;
                dwc:measurementValue    ?measurementValue.

            OPTIONAL { ?measure dwc:measurementUnit     ?measurementUnit }
            OPTIONAL { ?measure dwciri:measurementUnit  ?measurementUnitUri }

            FILTER (?measurementType != 'habitat includes')
        }

Output format

SPARQL response