Get the first exact matching GUID for a given name Get one or more matching (max. 50) PESIRecords for a given name. Parameters: <ul> <li>like: add a '%'-sign added after the ScientificName (SQL LIKE function). Default=true</li> <li>offset: Starting recordnumber, when retrieving next chunk of (50) records. Default=1</li> </ul> Fields of output rows: <ul><li> GUID </li><li> url </li><li> scientificname </li><li> authority </li><li> rank </li><li> status </li><li> valid_guid </li><li> valid_name </li><li> valid_authority </li><li> kingdom </li><li> phylum </li><li> class </li><li> order </li><li> family </li><li> genus </li><li> citation </li><li> match_type </li></ul> Get the correct name for a given GUID. Get the complete PESI Record for a given GUID Output fields: <ul><li> GUID </li><li> url </li><li> scientificname </li><li> authority </li><li> rank </li><li> status </li><li> valid_guid </li><li> valid_name </li><li> valid_authority </li><li> kingdom </li><li> phylum </li><li> class </li><li> order </li><li> family </li><li> genus </li><li> citation </li><li> match_type </li></ul> Get one or more PESI Records (max. 50) for a given common name or vernacular. Parameters: <ul> <li>offset: Starting recordnumber, when retrieving next chunk of (50) records. Default=1</li> </ul> Fields of output rows: <ul><li> GUID </li><li> url </li><li> scientificname </li><li> authority </li><li> rank </li><li> status </li><li> valid_guid </li><li> valid_name </li><li> valid_authority </li><li> kingdom </li><li> phylum </li><li> class </li><li> order </li><li> family </li><li> genus </li><li> citation </li><li> match_type </li></ul> Get all vernaculars for a given GUID (max. 50). Parameters: <ul> <li>offset: Starting recordnumber, when retrieving next chunk of (50) records. Default=1</li> </ul> Fields of output rows: <ul><li> vernacular </li><li> language_code </li><li> language </li></ul> Fuzzy matches one ScientificName to one or more (max. 50) PESI Records. This function uses <a href='http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/taxamatch.htm' target='_blank'>Tony Rees' TAXAMATCH algorithm.</a> Fields of output rows: <ul><li> GUID </li><li> url </li><li> scientificname </li><li> authority </li><li> rank </li><li> status </li><li> valid_guid </li><li> valid_name </li><li> valid_authority </li><li> kingdom </li><li> phylum </li><li> class </li><li> order </li><li> family </li><li> genus </li><li> citation </li><li> match_type </li></ul> Fuzzy matches multiple ScientificNames (max. 50) to one or more PESI Records. This function uses <a href='http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/taxamatch.htm' target='_blank'>Tony Rees' TAXAMATCH algorithm.</a> Fields of inner output rows: <ul><li> GUID </li><li> url </li><li> scientificname </li><li> authority </li><li> rank </li><li> status </li><li> valid_guid </li><li> valid_name </li><li> valid_authority </li><li> kingdom </li><li> phylum </li><li> class </li><li> order </li><li> family </li><li> genus </li><li> citation </li><li> match_type </li></ul> Get all synonyms for a given GUID (max. 50). Parameters: <ul> <li>offset: Starting recordnumber, when retrieving next chunk of (50) records. Default=1</li> </ul> Get all distributions for a given GUID. (max. 50) Parameters: <ul> <li>offset: Starting recordnumber, when retrieving next chunk of (50) records. Default=1</li> </ul> Fields of output rows: <ul><li> locality : The specific description of the place</li><li> occurrenceStatus : A statement about the presence or absence of a Taxon at a Location</li><li> TDWG_level4 : TDWG World Geographical Scheme, level 4, see <a href='http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/kew-in-depth/gis/resources-and-publications/data/tdwg/index.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/kew-in-depth/gis/resources-and-publications/data/tdwg/index.htm</a></li><li> locationID : An identifier for the locality. Using the Marine Regions Geographic IDentifier (MRGID), see <a href='http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid.php' target='_blank'>http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid.php</a></li></ul> Get all sources/references linked to a given GUID. Fields of output rows: <ul><li> bibliographicCitation : A text string referring to an un-parsed bibliographic citation (see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier</a>)</li><li> type : Used to assign a bibliographic reference to list of taxonomic or nomenclatural categories (see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/type' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/type</a>)</li><li> date : Date/year of publication (see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/date' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/date</a>)</li><li> creator : The author or authors of the referenced work(see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator</a>)</li><li> title : Title of book or article (see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/title' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/title</a>)</li><li> identifier : DOI, URI, etc refering to the reference (see: <a href='http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier' target='_blank'>http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier</a>)</li></ul>