Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

ITIS Web Services (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)

Taxonomic names and hierarchy for plants, animals, fungi and microbes, via keyless JSON and XML services

Freeauth: noneCC0-1.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless JSON and XML web services.
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Commercial use?: YesCC0-1.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: ITIS-produced data are in the public domain and the copyright statement links the CC0 1.0 legal code. Some page material is copyrighted by others. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Not required under CC0; citing ITIS is good practice.

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// Overview

ITIS Web Services (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)

ITIS, the US federal partnership's taxonomic names database, offers keyless JSON and XML web services for scientific and common names, taxonomic serial numbers (TSNs), hierarchy, synonyms and authorities for plants, animals, fungi and microbes.

Coverage

Taxonomic names and hierarchy for plants, animals, fungi and microbes, via keyless JSON and XML services.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#taxonomy#biodiversity#api#government

Verdict

An authoritative taxonomy lookup for biodiversity work, alongside worms-rest-api. Licence: CC0-1.0: the ITIS copyright statement says "While ITIS produced data and information are in the public domain, some ITIS pages contain material that is copyrighted by others and used by ITIS with permission." and carries a CC0 statement that the data "is free of known copyright restrictions", linking the CC0 1.0 legal code. The statement contains no ban on automated access. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless JSON and XML web services.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC0-1.0
License note	ITIS-produced data are in the public domain and the copyright statement links the CC0 1.0 legal code. Some page material is copyrighted by others. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: ITIS Web Services (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
slug: itis-web-services
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/itis-web-services
providerUrl: https://www.itis.gov/ws_description.html
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless JSON and XML web services.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://www.itis.gov/ws_description.html
coverage: Taxonomic names and hierarchy for plants, animals, fungi and microbes, via keyless JSON and XML services.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://www.itis.gov/ws_description.html
https://www.itis.gov/ITISWebService/jsonservice/searchByScientificName?srchKey=Tardigrada
https://www.itis.gov/privacy.html
tasks: research-grey-literature
taxonomy
biodiversity
api
government
license: CC0-1.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
licenseNote: ITIS-produced data are in the public domain and the copyright statement links the CC0 1.0 legal code. Some page material is copyrighted by others. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Not required under CC0; citing ITIS is good practice.

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Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "itis-web-services"
    }
  }
}

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