taxize (version 0.9.91)

worms_downstream: Retrieve all taxa names downstream in hierarchy for WORMS

Description

Retrieve all taxa names downstream in hierarchy for WORMS

Usage

worms_downstream(id, downto, intermediate = FALSE, start = 1, ...)

Arguments

id

(integer) One or more AphiaID's

downto

(character) The taxonomic level you want to go down to. See examples below. The taxonomic level IS case sensitive, and you do have to spell it correctly. See data(rank_ref) for spelling.

intermediate

(logical) If TRUE, return a list of length two with target taxon rank names, with additional list of data.frame's of intermediate taxonomic groups. Default: FALSE

start

(integer) Record number to start at

...

crul options passed on to crul::verb-GET

Value

data.frame of taxonomic information downstream to family from e.g., Order, Class, etc., or if intermediated=TRUE, list of length two, with target taxon rank names, and intermediate names.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## the genus Gadus
worms_downstream(id = 125732, downto="species")
worms_downstream(id = 125732, downto="species", intermediate=TRUE)

worms_downstream(id = 51, downto="class")
worms_downstream(id = 51, downto="subclass", intermediate=TRUE)

worms_downstream(id = 105, downto="subclass")
# }

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