Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) query
Requires a query string e.g https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/caab/?q=
This service will return JSON formatted records matching any part of the scientific or vernacular names, synonyms, authority and older common names.
It is case insensitive. The result set is limited to 1000 records.
If the search string contains a space, it will split the query string into a search of genus and specific name only and ignore other search fields.
To restrict to a category add '&cat=37' where for example 37 == fishes (first two characters of a CAAB code) to the url.
e.g. to retrieve fish https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/caab/?cat=37&q=Asymbolus
To restrict to CATAMI records add '&option=catami'
e.g. to retrieve CATAMI 'Bio' records https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/caab/?option=catami&q=Bio
To restrict to a specific search 'type', add one or more of the following values 'scientific', 'synonym', 'vernacular'
e.g. to retrieve 'penguin' https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/caab/?q=penguin&type=vernacular
e.g. to retrieve 'sponge' from either vernacular,scientific https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/services/caab/?q=sponge&type=vernacular,scientific
If any changes are requested or errors discovered, please advise IDC using the data requests form